- Atlapetes forbesi
Identification
18 cm
Upperside is dark blue-grey, underside paler blue-grey. Head including sides and rear is mostly rufous with black front, loral and malar areas and white supraloral, submustacial and throat areas.
Similar species
Rufous-eared Brushfinch should not overlap in range.
Distribution
South America: found in the south-central Andes (Apurímac, Cuzco and Puno) of Peru where endemic.
Taxonomy
Monotypic[1]
Sometimes lumped with Rufous-eared Brush Finch (Atlapetes rufigenis).[2]
Habitat
Polylepis woodland and shrubbery at 2700 - 4100 m asl.
Behaviour
Seeks food close to or on the ground.
Breeding
Birds in breeding condition have been observed in March and juveniles in May. Further information needed.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Jaramillo, A. (2020). Apurimac Brushfinch (Atlapetes forbesi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D.A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.apubrf1.01
- Schulenberg, T. S. & Stotz, D. F. & Lane, D. F. & O'Neill, J. P. & Parker III, T. A. & Egg, A. B. (2010). Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691130231
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Apurimac Brushfinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Apurimac_Brushfinch
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
