Rufous-capped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes pileatus)

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.

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) [XC575349]
by Manuel Grosselet from Concordia Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico (song)

Rufous-capped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pileatus) [XC420017]
by Richard E. Webster from Parque las maravillas, Topilejo, Mexico (alarm call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

dilutus Ridgway, 1898 - Northern Mexican Plateau in south-western Chihuahua, Durango, south-eastern Coahuila, Nuevo Le�n, south-western Tamaulipas and San Luis Potos��.
pileatus Wagler, 1831 - Southern Mexican Plateau and southern mountains from Sinaloa south to Michoac�n, 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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