Grey-eared Brushfinch
Atlapetes melanolaemus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1879)
English (US) Gray-eared Brushfinch
UK name: Grey-eared Brushfinch
The Grey-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) 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: subtropical Andes of southeastern Peru (Cusco and Puno)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Atlapetes melanolaemus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-eared Brushfinch
- English (UK)
- Grey-eared Brushfinch
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buarremon melanolaemus
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1879)
- Type locality
- Khachupata [= Cchachupata] , Cuzco, Peru.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.3, no.12 p.425 pl.10 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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