Order: Passeriformes | Family: Passerellidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo Road, Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo Road, Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Andes, Colombia
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo Road, Junin
Status: The Slaty Brush-Finch is uncommon in the understory of montane forests and humid scrub of the east slope of the Central Andes. It generally ranges at elevations between 2500-3750 m. The Slaty Brush-Finch also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Matorralero Pizarroso.
Sub-species: Slaty Brush-Finch (Atlapetes schistaceus taczanowskii), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin), 1875.
Meaning of Name: Atlapetes: Gr. myth. Atlas, a Titan king who was changed into a mountain and petes= flier, to fly. schistaceus: L. schistaceus= slate-gray.

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- 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.