Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps), photo 1 — Photo: Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0

Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps), photo 2 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

What the Pale-headed Brushfinch sounds like

Sonogram of the Pale-headed Brushfinch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Atlapetes pallidiceps was considered to be possibly extinct before its rediscovery in 1998, having last been recorded in 1969. The species eats insects, seeds, and fruit, and engages in perch-gleaning behavior. Voice: Male pale-headed brushfinches are the only sex that appears to vocalize in this species; their song is composed of 5 - 12 notes separated into three groups. These songs appear to be used primarily for the communication of territorial bounds, more commonly in young birds. A. pallidiceps songs are comparable to the songs of other Atlapetes members.

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When to see the Pale-headed Brushfinch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pale-headed Brushfinch

Regular range

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

Ecuador

About the Pale-headed Brushfinch

The pale-headed brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is endemic to the Jubones River drainage in south-central Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisThe black-spectacled brushfinch is 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long. Tepui BrushfinchAtlapetes personatusThe tepui brushfinch is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 29 to 37 g (1.0 to 1.3 oz).

Apurimac BrushfinchAtlapetes forbesiThe Apurimac brushfinch is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 40 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz).

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