Cuzco Brush-Finch (Atlapetes canigenis)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Passerellidae IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru

cuzco_brush-finch
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru

cuzco_brush-finch
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru

cuzco_brush-finch
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru


Identification & Behavior: ~18 cm (7 in). The Cuzco Brush-Finch is overall dusky-gray with a rufous crown. The center of the belly is a lighter gray.  It forages in Andean humid scrub, dwarf forest, and it is often associated with stands of bamboo. It is very similar to the closely related Slaty Brush-Finch, but is distinguished by having a uniform dusky-gray plumage. The range of these two brush-finches does not overlap.

Status: Endemic. The Cuzco Brush-Finch is fairly common in a restricted range of humid montane forests on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2400-3000 m.

Name in Spanish: Matorralero de Cusco.

Sub-species: Cuzco Brush-Finch (Atlapetes canigenis), Chapman, 1919.

Meaning of Name: Atlapetes: Gr. myth. Atlas, a Titan king who was changed into a mountain and petes= flier, to fly. canigenis: L. canus grey; gena cheek.

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Distribution Map
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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.