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Atlapetes melanopsis

[edit] Identification

17.5 cm

• Pale ochraceous-tawny cap
• Black forehead
• Whitish supraloral "horns"
• Short, indistinct malar stripe
• Large, black area around eyes
• Dull greenish-grey upperparts, darker wings and tail
• Dusky underparts with olivaceous tinge
• Black bill
• Dark brownish-red iris
• Grey feet.

[edit] Distribution

Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

There is 1 subspecies:

• A. m. melanopsis

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes and high-altitude shrubland, dry, open bushy areas, often with dense thickets in ravines, at 2,480-3,400 m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. BirdLife International

[edit] External Links