Officially in mourning

This is the Mourning Sierra-Finch, though I know not what he mourns. He has a nice mouthful of seeds to keep him happy, anyway. Today I went with a group of birders to the Collon Cura river, which runs through the Patagonian Steppe, giving us a wide range of habitats.

[Collon Cura, Neuquen, Argentina]

English name: Mourning Sierra-Finch
Argentine Name: Yal Negro
Latin classification: Phrygilus fruticeti
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Phrygilus