Tricolored Brush-finch (Atlapetes tricolor)

Other Names (World)
Tricolored Brush-Finch, Tricoloured Brush-Finch, Tri-colored Brush-Finch, Tri-coloured Brush-Finch, Choco Brush-finch (crassus), Tricolored Brushfinch

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Taczanowski, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 700 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Tricolored Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor) [XC20696]
by Fabian Ducry from Villa Rica area, Pasco, Peru (song)

Tricolored Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor) [XC854689]
by from Avistamiento de aves Do\u00f1a Dora - km 55, Dagua, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Subspecies crassus occasionally placed in White-rimmed Brush-finch (Atlapetes leucopis), or treated as a separate species.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

crassus (Taczanowski, 1874) - Western Andes of Colombia (Caldas, Valle and Nari�o) and western Ecuador (Pichincha and El Oro). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Choco Brush-finch (Atlapetes crassus).
tricolor (Taczanowski, 1874) - Andes of central Peru (La Libertad south to Jun��n and Cuzco).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tricolored Brush-finch (Atlapetes tricolor) - 10 files

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