Ochre-breasted Brush-Finch (Atlapetes semirufus)

Family
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boissonneau, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,000 - 2,500 m, occasionally up to 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Ochre-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes semirufus) [XC96224]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Municipio El Calvario (Meta), Colombia (song)

Ochre-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes semirufus) [XC96222]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Municipio El Calvario (Meta), Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Tepui Brush-finch (Atlapetes personatus) and Fulvous-headed Brush-finch (Atlapetes fulviceps); likely closely related to former, but latter may not belong in such a group.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

benedettii Phelps & Gilliard, 1941 - Mountains of Falc�n, Lara and Trujillo, in north-western Venezuela.
denisei (Hellmayr, 1911) - Northern and north-eastern Venezuela (Carabobo and Aragua east to Monagas and Sucre).
albigula Zimmer, JT & Phelps, 1946 - Northern T�chira, in western Venezuela.
zimmeri Meyer de Schauensee, 1947 - Eastern slope of eastern Andes of Colombia (southern Norte de Santander and north-eastern Boyac�) and Venezuela (western T�chira).
majusculus Todd, 1919 - Slope of eastern Andes in northern Boyac� (Colombia).
semirufus (Boissonneau, 1840) - Eastern slope of eastern Andes in Cundinamarca (Colombia).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ochre-breasted Brush-Finch (Atlapetes semirufus) - 10 files

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