Black-spectacled brush finch

Black-spectacled brush finch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species: A. melanopsis
Binomial name
Atlapetes melanopsis
Valqui & Fjeldså, 1999
Synonyms

Atlapetes melanops Valqui & Fjeldså, 1999

The black-spectacled brush finch (Atlapetes melanopsis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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