Tricolored brushfinch
Species of bird
Tricolored brushfinch | |
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Tricolored brush finch in Colombia | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Atlapetes |
Species: | A. tricolor |
Binomial name | |
Atlapetes tricolor (Taczanowski, 1875) | |
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The tricolored brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in the Andes of central Peru and Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Taxonomy
The subspecies A. t. crassus is sometimes considered a full species, the Choco brush finch (Atlapetes crassus).