Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)  
Genus: Atlapetes (33 species)


White-headed Brushfinch
White-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes albiceps)
Range: SA: far sw Ecuador and nw Peru
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).

White-naped Brushfinch
White-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes albinucha gutturalis)
Range: MA, SA: Mexico to far n Ecuador
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Moustached Brushfinch
Moustached Brushfinch (Atlapetes albofrenatus)
Range: SA: n Colombia
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The Venezuelan race with more white was split off as the Merida Brushfinch, making this a Colombian endemic species.
An individual with a faint moustach.

Antioquia Brushfinch
Antioquia Brushfinch (Atlapetes blancae) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: nc Colombia
San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Believed to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 2019 near San Pedro de Los Milagros, its historical location. Similar to Slaty Brushfinch but less grey and more white, and without a black mark under the malar stripe. Vocally more similar to a Yellow-breasted Brushfinch, also present in its range. After its rediscovery, it was found at other locations north of Santa Rosa in the same 'altiplano'.

Cuzco Brushfinch
Cuzco Brushfinch (Atlapetes canigenis)
Range: SA: Peru
Peru  
   
Photograph by Dominic Sherony     Copyright and usage info


Yellow-striped Brushfinch
Yellow-striped Brushfinch (Atlapetes citrinellus)
Range: SA: nw Argentina
Río Los Sosa, Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Choco Brushfinch
Choco Brushfinch (Atlapetes crassus)
Range: SA: wc, sw Colombia to sw Ecuador
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from Tricolored Brushfinch. Moves in small groups.

Yellow-headed Brushfinch
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Colombia
Juntas, Tolima, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Apurimac Brushfinch
Apurimac Brushfinch (Atlapetes forbesi)
Range: SA: Peru
Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Fulvous-headed Brushfinch
Fulvous-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes fulviceps)
Range: SA: Bolivia and nw Argentina
Yala, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Dusky-headed Brushfinch
Dusky-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Colombia
San Augustin, Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A Colombian endemic seen outside the forest in secondary growth.

Yellow-breasted Brushfinch
Yellow-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus elaeoprorus)
Range: SA: n Colombia to c Peru
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-rimmed Brushfinch
White-rimmed Brushfinch (Atlapetes leucopis)
Range: SA: s Colombia and Ecuador
via Mocoa a Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Easy to recognize at 2000-3000m. Associated with terrain after landslides (HBW).

White-winged Brushfinch
White-winged Brushfinch (Atlapetes leucopterus leucopterus)
Range: SA: nw Ecuador to nw, nc Peru
Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-green Brushfinch
Yellow-green Brushfinch (Atlapetes luteoviridis)
Range: MA: Panama
Cerro Colorado, Panama  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Similar to the Yellow-thighed Brushfinch, with yellow thighs, but greenish and not black.

Santa Marta Brushfinch
Santa Marta Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanocephalus)
Range: SA: Colombia
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The most common Santa Marta endemic species.

Grey-eared Brushfinch
Grey-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus)
Range: SA: Peru
Wayqecha, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A typical 'atlapetes' brush finch, also called the Black-faced Brushfinch.

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


Merida Brushfinch
Merida Brushfinch (Atlapetes meridae)
Range: SA: nw Venezuela
Mérida, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Colombian race, the Moustached Brushfinch, creating two endemic species. This species has a yellow throat and no black stripe under the moustach.

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


Black-fronted Brushfinch
Black-fronted Brushfinch (Atlapetes nigrifrons)
Range: SA: Perijá Mts., extreme n Colombia and nw Venezuela
Perijá Mountains, Manaure, Cesar, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common Perija endemic. Formerly considered conspecific with Yellow-breasted Brushfinch, but has black forehead and vocal differences. Found from 1800m to 2800m.

Pale-headed Brushfinch
Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) Endangered
Range: SA: inter-Andean valleys of Azuay, sc Ecuador
Yunguilla, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare, and found only around Azuay.

Pale-naped Brushfinch
Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha pallidinucha)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru
Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia
  Note pale line down back of head.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A giant brushfinch found in or near the paramo (3000m and up).
Resting.

Tepui Brushfinch
Tepui Brushfinch (Atlapetes personatus)
Range: SA: tepuis
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Tepui Brushfinch
Tepui Brushfinch (Atlapetes personatus)
Range: SA: tepuis
La Escalera, Canaima NP, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Brendan Ryan     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-capped Brushfinch
Rufous-capped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pileatus)
Range: MA: Mexico
Barranca Rancho Liebre, Sinaloa, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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


Bolivian Brushfinch
Bolivian Brushfinch (Atlapetes rufinucha)
Range: SA: Bolivia
Old Coroico Rd, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Slaty Brushfinch
Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus schistaceus)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Peru
Jardin, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Fumidus (Perija) race.

Bay-crowned Brushfinch
Bay-crowned Brushfinch (Atlapetes seebohmi simonsi)
Range: SA: far sw Ecuador to wc Peru
Loja, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Ochre-breasted Brushfinch
Ochre-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes semirufus)
Range: SA: Venezuela and Colombia
La Pastora, Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Fernando Flores     Copyright and usage info


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Vilcabamba Brushfinch (Atlapetes terborghi) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Peru
   



Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch (Atlapetes tibialis)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Guadalupe, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Tricolored Brushfinch
Tricolored Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor)
Range: SA: Peru
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.


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