Slaty Brush-finch (Atlapetes schistaceus)

Other Names (World)
Slaty Brush-Finch, Taczanowski's Brush-finch (taczanowskii), Slaty Brushfinch

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boissonneau, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,500 - 3,500 m, occasionally down to 1,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2013) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus) [XC275152]
by Ross Gallardy from Sucumb\u00edos: 3 km E of Santa B\u00e1rbara, Ecuador (duet)

Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus) [XC585310]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Bogot\u00e1, Cerros orientales, Pico \u00c1guila, Senderos NE a SE de Monserrate, Colombia (subsong)

Subspecies
Atlapetes schistaceus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Slaty Brush-finch (Atlapetes schistaceus) and Cuzco Brush-finch (Atlapetes canigenis) following SACC (2005).

Until recently, generally treated as conspecific with Cuzco Brush-finch (Atlapetes canigenis). Sometimes thought to form a superspecies with Bay-crowned Brush-finch (Atlapetes seebohmi) and Rusty-bellied Brush-finch (Atlapetes nationi), and often considered conspecific with former. Has been suggested that this species and Vilcabamba Brush-finch (Atlapetes terborghi), Black-faced Brush-finch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) and Bolivian Brush-finch (Atlapetes rufinucha) are related in a complex manner, with yellow coloration lost or gained in a leap-frog pattern, such that taxa which do not look alike may in fact be closely related to each other. Subspecies taczanowskii possibly represents a separate species. Further study needed.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

fumidus Wetmore & Phelps Jr, 1953 - Sierra de Perij�, on northern Colombia-western Venezuela border.
castaneifrons (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1875) - Andes of Venezuela (Trujillo, M�rida and central and eastern T�chira).
tamae Cory, 1913 - Western Venezuela (south-western T�chira) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander).
schistaceus (Boissonneau, 1840) - Western and central Colombian Andes (southern from Antioquia and Norte de Santander) and northern and central Ecuador.
taczanowskii (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1875) - Andes of central Peru (Hu�nuco south to Jun��n). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Taczanowski's Brush-finch (Atlapetes taczanowskii).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slaty Brush-finch (Atlapetes schistaceus) - 10 files

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