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What the Slaty Brushfinch sounds like
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The slaty brushfinch is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 23 to 44 g (0.81 to 1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. s. schistaceus have a rusty crown and nape and a mostly black face. They have a whitish spot on the lores and a long white "moustache" with a thin black stripe below it. Their upperparts are dark gray and their tail blackish. Their wings are mostly blackish with white bases on the primaries and white marginal coverts. The last shows as a white spot on the folded wing. Voice: The slaty brushfinch sings mostly at dawn, "a short tsuu, tweet-tweet". Pairs sing in duet, "poorly coordinated...high-pitched notes and trills that end with distinctive chewy-chewy-chewy or t'chew, t'chew, t'chew". When foraging it makes "thin tseet notes".
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When to see the Slaty 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 Slaty Brushfinch
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Slaty Brushfinch
The slaty brushfinch or northern slaty brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Venezuela to Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
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).
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).
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).
Side by side: Slaty Brushfinch vs White-naped Brushfinch · Slaty Brushfinch vs Yellow-breasted Brushfinch · Slaty Brushfinch vs Yellow-thighed Brushfinch · Choco Brushfinch vs Slaty Brushfinch
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