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Pale-headed Brushfinch - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Stanley Jones
Yunguilla Reserve, Santa Isabel, Azuay Province, Ecuador, November 2014
Atlapetes pallidiceps

Identification

16 cm

  • Light brownish-grey upperparts
  • Darker back and wings
  • White head
  • Buff stripes behind eye and on crown sides
  • White underparts
  • Long bill, slightly pointed
Female
Photo by Stanley Jones
Yunguilla Reserve, Santa Isabel, Azuay Province, Ecuador, November 2014

Similar Species

Similar to White-headed Brush-Finch.

Distribution

South America: found only in Arid Andes of south-western Ecuador (Azuay).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Andean mountain scrub, middle montane cloud forest. Observed at 1650-2,000 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, with the addition of seeds, fruit and berries.

Breeding

They build the nest in bushes or bamboo thickets. Incubation lasts 14-15 days. It is a victim of nest parasitism by the Shiny Cowbird.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)
  3. ArKive
  4. BF Member observations

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