Pale-naped Brushfinch
Atlapetes pallidinucha
The pale-naped brushfinch is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs about 21 to 40 g (0.74 to 1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a wide pale cinnamon stripe from the forehead to the middle of the crown, a white rear crown and nape, and a black face. Their upperparts are dark slate gray and their wings and tail blackish. Their throat, breast, and belly are bright yellow. Their sides, flanks, and undertail coverts are washed with olivaceous to gray. Voice: The pale-naped brushfinch's dawn song, usually given in duet, is "a thin, high tsie...tsie weu, tsi...tsie weu tsie weu, ti...ti wee tsits we weee or tsie...tsie tsieu". The first tsi notes are alike or descending and the tsieu note rises sharply. Its territorial song is "wheet-tew-tew-tew". Its calls are "a high-pitched soft tip" and a repeated "nasal pffe".
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Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Atlapetes tibialis
The yellow-thighed brushfinch is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 27 to 35 g (0.95 to 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have puffy lemon yellow feathers on their tibiae that give the species its English name. They have a black crown. The rest of their head and their upperparts are sooty slate and their wings and tail are almost black. Their chin and throat are blackish and their underparts are dull slate. They have a dark rusty brown iris, a black bill, and black to gray legs and feet. Voice: One author described the yellow-thighed brushfinch's primary song as "high, spritely, and somewhat squeaky". Others have called it "bubbly", "metallic", "tinkling", "flowing", "squissing" and "spinking". It is sung by both sexes year-round.
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