Taczanowski's Brushfinch

Atlapetes taczanowskii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestSmall · 28 g

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Taczanowski's brushfinch is 18 cm (7.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a russet or pale orange crown and nape and a mostly black face. They have a whitish spot above 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 marginal coverts that show as a white spot on the folded wing. Their throat is whitish with dark speckles, their breast, flanks, and undertail coverts medium gray, and the center of their belly whitish. Voice: The song of Taczanowski's brushfinch is "a variable, pleasant series of rich introductory notes followed by a different trill or series of notes, for example: chew-chew-chew ZEEEE". When excited, pairs duet with "a mellow dee-du-dew-dew interspersed with high screeches and twittering".

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About the Taczanowski's Brushfinch

Taczanowski's brushfinch or Peruvian slaty brushfinch is a species of passerine bird in the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It is endemic to Peru.

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