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Photo by Peter R. Bono
Las Guacamayas, Oaxaca, Mexico, July 2009

Atlapetes pileatus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found from the highlands of the center Mexico, from abies forest 3500 msnm to juniperus forest 1500 msnm.

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[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes and high-altitude shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

Like foraging betwen the shrubs in low levels, frecuently in the ground.

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