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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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