Glacier Finch
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tanagers and Allies

Glacier Finch

Idiopsar speculifer

LCLeast Concern
Family
Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The glacier finch (Idiopsar speculifer), also known as the white-winged diuca finch and glacier bird, is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
It is found in Peru, Bolivia and far northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, where it favours wet boggy ground. It is one of the few birds that have been recorded as nesting in high altitude glaciers, hence its alternative name "the glacier bird".

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.