Chestnut-capped Brush-finch (Arremon brunneinucha)

Other Scientific Names
Atlapetes brunneinucha [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Atlapetes brunneinucha [Stotz et al. (1996)], Buarremon brunneinucha [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Mexican Chestnut-capped Sparrow, Chestnut-capped Atlapetes, Plain-breasted Brush-finch (apertus), San Martin Brush-finch (apertus), Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1839)

Habitat
Undergrowth in humid forest, dense borders, partial clearings, thickets.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

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

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha) [XC275694]
by Jonas Nilsson from Esmeraldas: El Cristal Alto, R\u00edo Pachamama valley, Ecuador (song, agitated song)

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha) [XC782866]
by Isa\u00ed L\u00f3pez from Parque Natural Chicaque, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Often placed in genus Buarremon or Atlapetes.

Proposed subspecies nigrilatera, described from Cerro Ba�l (Oaxaca), in southern Mexico, considered synonymous with suttoni.

The following 10 subspecies are recognised:

brunneinucha (Lafresnaye, 1839) - Eastern Mexico from San Luis Potos�� and Veracruz south to north-eastern Oaxaca.
apertus (Wetmore, 1942) - Sierra de Tuxtla, in southern Veracruz (Mexico).
suttoni (Parkes, 1954) - Guerrero east to central Oaxaca, in southern Mexico.
macrourus (Parkes, 1954) - Chiapas (southern Mexico) and south-western Guatemala.
alleni (Parkes, 1954) - Honduras, northern El Salvador and western Nicaragua.
elsae (Parkes, 1954) - Costa Rica and western and central Panama.
frontalis Tschudi, 1844 - Extreme eastern Panama, Colombia, western and northern Venezuela (except in Falc�n and Yaracuy), Ecuador (except western slope from south-western Chimborazo south to north-western Azuay) and Peru.
allinornatus (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1949) - Sierra de San Luis (Falc�n) and Sierra de Aroa (Yaracuy), in north-western Venezuela.
inornatus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1879) - South-central Ecuador from south-western Chimborazo south to north-western Azuay (vicinity of R Chimbo and R Chachan).
nigrilatera (Rowley, JS, 1968) - Mountains of southern Mexico (Oaxaca).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-capped Brush-finch (Arremon brunneinucha) - 10 files

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