Rufous-eared Brushfinch
Atlapetes rufigenis(Salvin, O, 1895)
English (US) Rufous-eared Brushfinch
The Rufous-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes rufigenis) 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: Andes of northwestern Peru (Cajamarca, La Libertad, Ancash, and Huánuco)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Atlapetes rufigenis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-eared Brushfinch
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1895)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Buarremon rufigenis
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1895)
- Type locality
- Huamachuca, 10,400 ft., Libertad, and Cajabamba, 11,000 ft., Cajamarca, Peru.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 2 p.5 pl.1 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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