Tricolored brush finch
| Tricolored brush finch | |
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| Tricolored brush finch in Colombia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Emberizidae |
| Genus: | Atlapetes |
| Species: | A. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Atlapetes tricolor (Taczanowski, 1874) | |
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The tricolored brush finch (Atlapetes tricolor) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Taxonomy
The subspecies A. t. crassus is sometimes considered a full species, the Choco brush finch (Atlapetes crassus).
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Atlapetes tricolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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