Cuzco brushfinch
Appearance
Cuzco brushfinch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Atlapetes |
Species: | A. canigenis
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Binomial name | |
Atlapetes canigenis Chapman, 1919
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The Cuzco brush finch (Atlapetes canigenis), also known as the grey brush finch or sooty brush finch, is a species of bird in the Passerellidae family. It is endemic humid Andean forests in south-eastern Peru, where mainly found in Cuzco. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the slaty brush finch.