Grey-eared brushfinch
| Grey-eared brushfinch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Atlapetes |
| Species: | A. melanolaemus
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| Binomial name | |
| Atlapetes melanolaemus | |
The grey-eared brushfinch or black-faced brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.
It is endemic to humid Andean forest from Cusco in Peru to La Paz in Bolivia.
It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the . 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 brushfinch, but with darker, more olive underparts and a black throat.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Atlapetes melanolaemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22733786A132034744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22733786A132034744.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Atlapetes
- Birds of the Peruvian Andes
- Birds of the Bolivian Andes
- Birds described in 1879
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater
- Taxa named by Osbert Salvin