Order: Passeriformes | Family: Passerellidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Status: The Black-faced Brush-Finch is fairly common in the understory of montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1400-3300 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Matorralero de Cara Negra.
Sub-species: Black-faced Brush-Finch (Atlapetes melanolaemus), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin), 1879.
Meaning of Name: Atlapetes: Gr. myth. Atlas, a Titan king who was changed into a mountain and petes= flier, to fly. melanolaemus: Gr. melas, melanos= black and laimos= throat.

References:
-
- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.