Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Pale-naped Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidinucha), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Pale-naped Brushfinch sounds like

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

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: páramo of Cordillera Las Lagunillas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca páramo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: e-slope Cerro Toledo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Pale-naped Brushfinch

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

Where to see the Pale-naped Brushfinch

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela

About the Pale-naped Brushfinch

The pale-naped brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Choco BrushfinchAtlapetes crassusThe Choco brushfinch is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 29.5 to 40 g (1.0 to 1.4 oz).

Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialisThe yellow-thighed brushfinch is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 27 to 35 g (0.95 to 1.2 oz).

Yellow-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes latinuchusThe yellow-breasted brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 16 to 31 g (0.56 to 1.1 oz).

Side by side: Choco Brushfinch vs Pale-naped Brushfinch · Pale-naped Brushfinch vs Yellow-thighed Brushfinch · Pale-naped Brushfinch vs Yellow-breasted Brushfinch

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