White-naped Brushfinch
Atlapetes albinucha
The white-naped brushfinch is 17 to 21 cm (6.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 31 to 37 g (1.1 to 1.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a mostly black head with a wide white stripe in the middle of the crown that continues onto the nape. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dark slaty gray with a slight olive tinge. Their throat and underparts are yellow with a dusky yellowish gray wash on the flanks. Juveniles have a medium sooty brown head and dark sooty brown upperparts, dark streaks on the breast, and a brownish cinnamon wash on the flanks. Voice: The white-naped brushfinch's song is "a series of high-pitched notes and trills: tseee'up-tseee'ew-ti'ti'ti'ti'ti'ti'ti....
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Yellow-breasted Brushfinch
Atlapetes latinuchus
The yellow-breasted brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 16 to 31 g (0.56 to 1.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. l. latinuchus have a rufous to orange-rufous stripe from the forehead to the nape. Their face is black with a wide yellow lower cheek and a thin black line below it. Their upperparts are dark slate gray. Their wings are slightly blacker with white bases on the primaries. Their tail is blackish with olive feather edges. Voice: The yellow-breasted brushfinch's dawn song is a "relatively short and simple, sweet whistled phrase that is repeated with variations every few seconds". Excited pairs give a jumbled and slightly musical series of notes. The species' calls include "a very high-pitched...very short tink or tsik" and a "high-pitched, finely modulated buzzy" tsweet.
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