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Slaty brushfinch

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Slaty brushfinch
In Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species:
A. schistaceus
Binomial name
Atlapetes schistaceus
(Boissonneau, 1840)

The slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia, to Ecuador. Taczanowski's brushfinch (A. taczanowskii) of central Peru was formerly treated as a subspecies. Furthermore, the Cuzco brushfinch from south-eastern Peru is sometimes considered a subspecies of the slaty brush finch.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Atlapetes schistaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103774619A95032897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103774619A95032897.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.