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[[Image:Tricolored_Brush-Finch.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Robert+Scanlon|Robert Scanlon}}<br />Location: Southwest [[Colombia]]]]
 
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;[[:Category:Atlapetes|Atlapetes]] tricolor
 
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'''Includes: Choco Brush Finch'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Central [[Peru]].
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Central [[Peru]], [[Ecuador]] and western [[Colombia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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Two subspecies recognized:
It is sometimes considered conspecific with [[Dusky Brush Finch]].
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* A. t. crassus in the Andes of western [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]] (Pichincha and El Oro)
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* A. t. tricolor in the Andes of central [[Peru]] (La Libertad and Junín)
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''crassus'' is sometimes recognized as full species Choco Brush Finch.
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==

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Photo by Robert Scanlon
Location: Southwest Colombia
Atlapetes tricolor

Includes: Choco Brush Finch

Identification

Distribution

Central Peru, Ecuador and western Colombia.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • A. t. crassus in the Andes of western Colombia and Ecuador (Pichincha and El Oro)
  • A. t. tricolor in the Andes of central Peru (La Libertad and Junín)

crassus is sometimes recognized as full species Choco Brush Finch.

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

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