Birds of Peru - Atlapetes


White-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes albiceps) Chaparrí Ecological Reserve, Lambayeque, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dry brush/forest at lower elevations than others in its genus (Ridgely).


Cuzco Brushfinch (Atlapetes canigenis) ENDEMIC Peru
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Apurimac Brushfinch (Atlapetes forbesi) ENDEMIC Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus elaeoprorus) San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
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White-winged Brushfinch (Atlapetes leucopterus leucopterus) Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador
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Grey-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) Wayqecha, Peru
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A typical 'atlapetes' brush finch, also called the Black-faced Brushfinch.


Black-spectacled Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanopsis) Near Threatened ENDEMIC Andamarca, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-bellied Brushfinch (Atlapetes nationi nationi) ENDEMIC Santa Eulalia Valley, Peru Large for a brushfinch. Some birds have white spots on the crown.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha pallidinucha) Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia Note pale line down back of head.
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A giant brushfinch found in or near the paramo (3000m and up).
Resting.


Rufous-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes rufigenis) ENDEMIC Parque Nacional Huascarán, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Bay-crowned Brushfinch (Atlapetes seebohmi simonsi) Loja, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

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Taczanowski's Brushfinch (Atlapetes taczanowskii) ENDEMIC

Split from the Slaty Brushfinch found further north based on differences in morphology, vocalizations and mtDNA divergence (IOC).

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Vilcabamba Brushfinch (Atlapetes terborghi) Near Threatened ENDEMIC


Tricolored Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor) ENDEMIC Villa Rica-Oxapampa Road, Pasco region, Peru.
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Found only in Peru after the Choco Brushfinch of western Ecuador and Colombia (Chocó) was split off.