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;[[:Category:Atlapetes|Atlapetes]] rufinucha
 
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'''Disambiguation: For the species ''Altapetes latinuchus'', see [[Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch]]'''
 
 
[[Image:Rufous Naped Brush-finch copy.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|lior+kislev|lior kislev}}<br />Manu, [[Peru]], January 2010]]
 
[[Image:Rufous Naped Brush-finch copy.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|lior+kislev|lior kislev}}<br />Manu, [[Peru]], January 2010]]
 
==Identification==
 
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Found in [[Bolivia]] and extreme southern [[Peru]].
 
Found in [[Bolivia]] and extreme southern [[Peru]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Previously considered conspecific with the [[Yellow-breasted Brush Finch]] (''A. latinuchus'') under the name [[Rufous-naped Brush-Finch]] (''Atlapetes rufinucha''). Confusingly, following the split, both ''A. rufinucha'' and ''A. latinuchus'' are sometimes still referred to as the Rufous-naped Brush Finch.
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Previously considered conspecific with the [[Yellow-breasted Brush Finch]] (''A. latinuchus'') under the name Rufous-naped Brush-Finch.
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
*''A. r. rufinucha'':
 
*''A. r. rufinucha'':

Revision as of 15:02, 9 October 2012

Alternative name: Rufous-naped Brush-Finch

Atlapetes rufinucha
Photo by lior kislev
Manu, Peru, January 2010

Identification

Brownish upperparts, yellowish-green underparts, and a rufous mohawk crest from the front through the crown and down upper nape.

Similar Species

Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch and Gray-eared Brush-Finch

Distribution

Found in Bolivia and extreme southern Peru.

Taxonomy

Previously considered conspecific with the Yellow-breasted Brush Finch (A. latinuchus) under the name Rufous-naped Brush-Finch.

Subspecies[1]

  • A. r. rufinucha:
  • Subtropical Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)
  • A. r. carrikeri :
  • Andes of eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz)

Habitat

Cloud Forest and other montane woodlands including second growth, especially at borders. May even utilize open areas sometimes.

Behaviour

Should occur part of the time as part of mixed species flocks.

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.

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