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Alternative name: Bolivian Brush-Finch

Atlapetes rufinucha

Disambiguation: For the species Altapetes latinuchus, see Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Found in Bolivia and extreme southern Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

Previously considered conspecific with the Yellow-breasted Brush Finch (A. latinuchus) under the name Rufous-naped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes rufinucha). Confusingly, following the split, both A. rufinucha and A. latinuchus are sometimes still referred to as the Rufous-naped Brush Finch.

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] External Links

Please note that the image returned for A. rufinucha is of the Yellow-breasted Brush Finch.