Biology:Grey-eared brush finch

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Grey-eared brush finch
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species:
A. melanolaemus
Binomial name
Atlapetes melanolaemus
(Sclater & Salvin, 1879)

The grey-eared brush finch or black-faced brush-finch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) is a species of bird in the Passerellidae family.

It is endemic to humid Andean forests from Cusco in Peru to La Paz in Bolivia.

It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the rufous-naped brush finch. Despite the common names, its face is not blacker than in many of its relatives and the gray "ear" is often not easily visible. Overall it resembles the rufous-naped brush finch, but with darker, more olive underparts and a black throat.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2226693 entry