Santa Marta Brushfinch
Atlapetes melanocephalus(Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1880)
English (US) Santa Marta Brushfinch
The Santa Marta Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanocephalus) 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.
Range: Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Atlapetes melanocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Santa Marta Brushfinch
- Described by
- (Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1880)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buarremon melanocephalus
- Described by
- (Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1880)
- Type locality
- San Sebastian, Colombia.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.4, no.13 p.121
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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