About the Yellow-green Brushfinch
The yellow-green brushfinch is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Panama.
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The yellow-green brushfinch is about 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black crown and the rest of their head is brownish gray mottled with black. Their back is olive green and their rump and uppertail coverts are a darker olive green. Their wings and tail are black but for bright yellow at the bend of the wing. Their breast and belly are yellowish olive green, their undertail coverts olive green, and their flanks a darker olive green. They have puffy lemon yellow feathers on their tibiae. Voice: The yellow-green brushfinch's song is a "hurried jumble of tinkling, sweet, squeaky chattering notes". Pairs often sing in duet. The species' call is a "dry peenk".
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Where the Yellow-green Brushfinch lives
When to see the Yellow-green Brushfinch
Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Black-fronted BrushfinchAtlapetes nigrifronsThe black-fronted brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long.
Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisThe black-spectacled brushfinch is 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long.
Pale-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidicepsAtlapetes pallidiceps was considered to be possibly extinct before its rediscovery in 1998, having last been recorded in 1969.
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