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 LC    Rufous-capped Brush-finch* Id (Atlas):
    Atlapetes pileatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch, Rufous-capped Sparrow, Rufous-capped Brushfinch

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
13.50 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wagler, 1831

Habitat
Pine, pine-oak, or other mountain forest undergrowth, borders, weeedy clearings. From 1,300 - 3,400 m, occasionally 9,00 - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Mexico.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

 
Rufous-capped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pileatus) [XC575351]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico (song)

 
Rufous-capped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pileatus) [XC352145]
     by Frank Lambert from Reserva de la Chara Pinta (Tufted Jay Preserve), Sinaloa, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • dilutus Ridgway, 1898   -  Northern Mexican Plateau in south-western Chihuahua, Durango, south-eastern Coahuila, Nuevo León, south-western Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí­.
  • pileatus Wagler, 1831   -  Southern Mexican Plateau and southern mountains from Sinaloa south to Michoacán, Guanajuato, Hidalgo and Veracruz, and in Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Rufous-capped Brush-finch (Atlapetes pileatus) - 10 files


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