page_title: Tanager finch
hierarchical_section_title: Tanager finch
caption_attribution_description: English: Bellavista Lodge - Ecuador
context_page_description: The tanager finch is a songbird species. In the recent past it was placed in the Emberizidae, and then classified as its common name implies, a kind of tanager. Today, it has been placed in the family Passerellidae, which was formerly considered to be part of the Emberizidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Oreothraupis.
  It is found in Colombia and Ecuador, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
context_section_description: The tanager finch (Oreothraupis arremonops) is a songbird species. In the recent past it was placed in the Emberizidae, and then classified as its common name implies, a kind of tanager (Thraupidae). Today, it has been placed in the family Passerellidae, which was formerly considered to be part of the Emberizidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Oreothraupis.
  It is found in Colombia and Ecuador, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
caption: Bellavista Lodge - Ecuador
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