Red-crested Finch

13.5 cm. Male crown black with a semi-concealed scarlet coronal stripe. Eye-ring white. Upper parts wine-red to dark reddish-brown. Rump bright crimson. Underside light crimson. <NFemales lack the black and red in the crown. Throat whitish. Below light grayish-pink. Song indistinguishable from that of /Coryphospingus pileatus . Sometimes strophe consisting of three syllables vocalization 2 . Forages on the ground in small groups or pairs in the open, or below scrub and bushes. Widespread in dry bushy open areas with a few trees: farmland, brushy border and gallery forest. Is not attracted to human habitations or towns. From Estado Rio de Janeiro ^133 , but see Pinto ^40 who doubts that this species was found in Estado Rio de Janeiro. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo mostly inland, closest to the shore near<8E>Pirapitingui, Rio Verde ^119 . <NTo 1500 meters 15029 Serra do Cipo, 11<10>17<10>98. Sunny, 25<91>C. Open woods, pastures. With /Troglodytes aedon .: 6345 Song, Garruchos, S<C4>o Borja, RG, LNS20263, recorded by W. Belton.: 1586 Song, Butia, CISA-Army Training Center, LNS 20236, recorded by W. Belton.: 4417 > Male: 6454 > Female: