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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 Rufous-naped 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 Perijá, on northern Colombia-western Venezuela border.
• castaneifrons (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1875)   -  Andes of Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida and central and eastern Táchira).
• tamae Cory, 1913   -  Western Venezuela (south-western Táchira) 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 (Huánuco south to Juní­n). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Taczanowski's Brush-finch (Atlapetes taczanowskii).

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