Rufous-eared brush finch

Rufous-eared brush finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species: A. rufigenis
Binomial name
Atlapetes rufigenis
(Salvin, 1895)

The rufous-eared brush finch (Atlapetes rufigenis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.

It is found at high altitudes in woodland and shrub in the Andes of west-central Peru. It sometimes includes the Apurimac brush finch as a subspecies.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

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