About the Grey-browed Brushfinch
The grey-browed brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
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The grey-browed brushfinch is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. a. assimilis have a black crown with a gray stripe in the middle and a gray supercilium that extends to the nape and wraps down around the back of 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 that continues through the breast and belly. The sides of their breast and flanks are gray and their vent grayish olive. Juveniles are generally olive with dusky cheeks. Voice: The grey-browed brushfinch's song is "a high, sibilant series of thin whistles with short spaces between separate phrases (often of three elements), e.g. weseer-twee twesee? Sewtsee? Weseer-twee tweswee? Sewtswee?...". Its calls include "a high ti and a tseer".
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What the Grey-browed Brushfinch sounds like
Where the Grey-browed Brushfinch lives
When to see the Grey-browed Brushfinch
Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Pectoral SparrowArremon taciturnusThe pectoral sparrow is sexually dimorphic, and, as the name implies, sparrow-sized, at 15 cm (5.9 in) in length and 24 g (0.85 oz) in weight.
Saffron-billed SparrowArremon flavirostrisThe saffron-billed sparrow's name comes from its "striking orange bill".
Moss-backed SparrowArremon dorbigniiThe adult male moss-backed sparrow's head is mostly black, with a white supercilium from the lores to the back of the head and a narrow gray streak on the crown.
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