Caracas Brushfinch

Arremon phaeopleurus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreForestSmall · 42 g

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The Caracas brushfinch is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black crown with a gray stripe in the middle and a grayish white supercilium that extends to the nape and continues down behind the ear coverts to the sides of the breast. The rest of their face is black. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-green. Their throat is white with a black band below it. The center of their breast and belly is white and their flanks and vent are olive-buff. They have a chestnut-brown iris, a black bill, and pinkish to blackish legs and feet. Voice: The Caracas brushfinch's song is "very high-pitched, almost hummingbird-like typically consists of a three to five-note phrase repeated continuously".

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When to see the Caracas Brushfinch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Caracas Brushfinch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Caracas Brushfinch

The Caracas brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Venezuela.

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