Tricolored Brush Finch

Tricolored Brush Finch
Tricolored Brush Finch
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1886
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species: A. tricolor
Binomial name
Atlapetes tricolor
(Taczanowski, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Buarremon tricolor

The Tricolored Brush Finch (Atlapetes tricolor) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 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).

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