Black-spectacled Brushfinch - BirdForum Opus

Atlapetes melanopsis

Photo by guiacalles
Location: Pariahuanca Road, Junin, Peru, September 2013

Identification

17.5 cm

• Pale ochraceous-tawny cap
• Black forehead
• Whitish supraloral "horns"
• Short, indistinct malar stripe
• Large, black area around eyes
• Dull greenish-grey upperparts, darker wings and tail
• Dusky underparts with olivaceous tinge
• Black bill
• Dark brownish-red iris
• Grey feet.

Distribution

South America: found in the Andes of southern Peru (Ayacucho and Huancavelica).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Moist montanes and high-altitude shrubland, dry, open bushy areas, often in ravines with dense thickets at heights around 2,480-3,400 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Forages low to the ground for seeds and insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BirdLife International
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Black-spectacled Brushfinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Black-spectacled_Brushfinch

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