- Atlapetes terborghi
Identification
17 cm. A rather dark Brush Finch with yellow underparts.
- Rufous crown to nape
- Blackish face
- Blackish upperparts with olive wash from back to uppertail-coverts and more olive in rump area
- Blackish upperwing and tail, latter edged olive
- Yellow from throat to undertail-coverts, greenish tinge on breast and flanks
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Endemic to the Cordillera Vilcabamba in southern Peru.
A poorly known restricted-range species. Seems to be uncommon.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered a subspecies of Yellow-breasted Brush Finch and both were considered to be a part of a wider complex that also included Black-faced Brush Finch and Bolivian Brush Finch.
Habitat
Found in cloudforest and elfin forest.
Occurs at 2520 to 3520 m.
Behaviour
Diet
No information available.
Breeding
Birds in breeding condition recorded in July. No other information.
Movements
No information available.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Vilcabamba Brushfinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Vilcabamba_Brushfinch
