About the Black-fronted Brushfinch
The black-fronted brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
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The black-fronted brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black forehead ("front") and a rufous to orange crown and nape. Their face is mostly black with a faint dark slaty wash on the cheeks. Their upperparts are dark slaty gray and their wings and tail are slightly darker. The wing's outer primaries have thin white edges and all primaries have white bases. Their throat, breast, belly, and undertail coverts are yellow and the sides of the breast and flanks have an olive or grayish wash. Voice: One black-fronted brushfinch song "tarts with a series of chip or tink-like notes at a pace of around 2–3/s, followed by 1–2 faster and usually lower-pitched trill series". It is usually sung at dawn.
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When to see it
Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yellow-green BrushfinchAtlapetes luteoviridisThe yellow-green brushfinch is about 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long.
Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisThe black-spectacled brushfinch is 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long.
Pale-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidicepsAtlapetes pallidiceps was considered to be possibly extinct before its rediscovery in 1998, having last been recorded in 1969.
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