About the Rusty-bellied Brushfinch
The rusty-bellied brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Peru.
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The rusty-bellied brushfinch is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 40 to 43 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black forehead and a dark olive crown. Their face is black with a wide white lower cheek and a thin black line below the front of it. Their upperparts are lead gray; their wings and tail are slightly darker with white on the marginal coverts. Their chin is black and their throat white with a wide gray breastband below it that extends along the flanks. Voice: As of May 2026 neither xeno-canto nor the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had recordings of the rusty-bellied brushfinch's song. Excited pairs of rusty-bellied brushfinches duet with "a rapid, simple chatter". The species' calls are "a hard, rich tchi" and "a high ti".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Dusky-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceusThe dusky-headed brushfinch is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long; two males weighed an average of 32.5 g (1.1 oz).
Tricolored BrushfinchAtlapetes tricolorThe tricolored brushfinch is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 36 g (1.3 oz).
Bolivian BrushfinchAtlapetes rufinuchaThe Bolivian brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 21 to 22 g (0.74 to 0.78 oz).
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