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Sasaima, Cundinamarca, Colombia, October 2012

Arremon atricapillus

Buarremon atricapillus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in the higher areas of eastern Panama and northern Colombia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

• A. a. tacarcunae in the mountains of eastern Panama
• A. a. atricapillus in the central and eastern Andes of northern Colombia

It was formerly included in Stripe-headed Brush Finch. It has in the past been placed in genus Atlapetes and is also placed in Buarremon by some authorities.

[edit] Habitat

About 700-1000 m asl. in a variety of forested environs.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually fouraging on ground or very low in undergrowth.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Birdforum thread discussing the proposal to split this species

• List of references

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