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Yellow-headed Brushfinch

Atlapetes flaviceps

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicOmnivoreForestSmall · 34 g
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 1
Photo: cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 2
Photo: cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 3
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 4
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 6
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 7
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 8
Photo: cello caruso-turiello · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 9
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps), photo 10
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

What the Yellow-headed Brushfinch sounds like

Sonogram of the Yellow-headed Brushfinch: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Andres Felipe Espinosa · Song · Ibague, Tolima, Colombia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Yellow-headed Brushfinch

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

Where to see the Yellow-headed Brushfinch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia

About the Yellow-headed Brushfinch

The yellow-headed brushfinch is a Near Threatened species of bird in the American sparrow family, Passerellidae. It is endemic to Colombia. The common name is a semi-literal translation of the scientific name, with Atlapetes referring to the brushfinch genus, and flaviceps meaning "yellow-headed".

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

Easily confused with

Grey-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) Grey-eared BrushfinchAtlapetes melanolaemusThe grey-eared brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 27 to 30 g (0.95 to 1.1 oz). Fulvous-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes fulviceps) Fulvous-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fulvicepsThe fulvous-headed brushfinch is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long. Bolivian Brushfinch (Atlapetes rufinucha) 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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