White-naped Brushfinch
Atlapetes albinucha(d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
English (US) White-naped Brushfinch
The White-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes albinucha) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Atlapetes albinucha
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-naped Brushfinch
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Atlapetes albinucha albinucha
- Atlapetes albinucha griseipectus
- Atlapetes albinucha fuscipygius
- Atlapetes albinucha parvirostris
- Atlapetes albinucha brunnescens
- Atlapetes albinucha azuerensis
- Atlapetes albinucha gutturalis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Embernagra albinucha
- Described by
- (d'Orbigny, ACVMD; de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1838)
- Type locality
- Cartagena, Colombia; error, amended to Caribbean slope of Mexico by Paynter, 1964, Auk, 81, p. 223.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 1 p.165
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Moustached Brushfinch
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