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Atlapetes
Rufous-capped brushfinch, Atlapetes pileatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Wagler, 1831
Type species
Atlapetes pileatus
Wagler, 1831
Species

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Atlapetes is a genus of birds in the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. The species are mainly found in montane forest from Mexico to northwestern Argentina.[1]

Taxonomy and species

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The genus Atlapetes was introduced in 1831 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler to accommodate the rufous-capped brushfinch (Atlapetes pileatus).[2][3] The genus name is from Ancient Greek and combines the mythical figure Atlas with petēs, meaning "flyer".[4] Within the New World sparrow family Passerellidae the genus Atlapetes is sister to the genus Pipilo.[5]

The genus contains 33 species:[6]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Rufous-capped brushfinchAtlapetes pileatusmontane Mexico
White-naped brushfinchAtlapetes albinuchahighlands of eastern Mexico to Colombia
Yellow-thighed brushfinchAtlapetes tibialisTalamancan montane forests
-Yellow-green brushfinchAtlapetes luteoviridismontane Panama
Moustached brushfinchAtlapetes albofrenatusCordillera Oriental (Colombia)
Santa Marta brushfinchAtlapetes melanocephalusSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Ochre-breasted brushfinchAtlapetes semirufusmontane eastern Colombia end Venezuela
Yellow-headed brushfinchAtlapetes flavicepsMagdalena River valley
Dusky-headed brushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceussouthwestern Colombia
-White-rimmed brushfinchAtlapetes leucopisAnde of southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador
White-headed brushfinchAtlapetes albicepssouthwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru
-Rufous-eared brushfinchAtlapetes rufigenisAndes of northwestern Peru
-Choco brushfinchAtlapetes crassuswestern slope of Andes of Colombia and Ecuador
-Tricolored brushfinchAtlapetes tricoloreastern Peruvian Andes
Slaty brushfinchAtlapetes schistaceusAndes of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
Taczanowski's brushfinchAtlapetes taczanowskiiAnde of central Peru
Pale-naped brushfinchAtlapetes pallidinuchaAndes of Colombia and Ecuador
Antioquia brushfinchAtlapetes blancaeAntioquia
Yellow-breasted brushfinchAtlapetes latinuchusAndes of Colombia to northern Peru
-Black-fronted brushfinchAtlapetes nigrifronsSerranía del Perijá
White-winged brushfinchAtlapetes leucopterusEcuador and northern Peru
Pale-headed brushfinchAtlapetes pallidicepssouth-central Ecuador
-Bay-crowned brushfinchAtlapetes seebohmisouthwestern Ecuador and northern Peru
Rusty-bellied brushfinchAtlapetes nationisouthwestern Peru
-Apurimac brushfinchAtlapetes forbesiAndes of south-central Peru
-Black-spectacled brushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisAndes of southeastern Peru
-Vilcabamba brushfinchAtlapetes terborghiCordillera Vilcabamba
Cuzco brushfinchAtlapetes canigenisAndes of southeastern Peru
Grey-eared brushfinchAtlapetes melanolaemusAndes of southeastern Peru and Bolivia
-Bolivian brushfinchAtlapetes rufinuchaBolivian Andes
-Fulvous-headed brushfinchAtlapetes fulvicepsAndes of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina
Yellow-striped brushfinchAtlapetes citrinellusAndes of northwestern Argentina

References

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  1. ↑ Sánchez-González, Luis A.; Navarro-Siguenza, Adolfo G. (2014). "Diversification in the Andes: the Atlapetes brush-finches". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (2): 135–152. doi:10.1111/zsc.12088.
  2. ↑ Wagler, Johann Georg (1831). "Einige Mittheilungen über Thiere Mexicos". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 1831. Col 510–535 [526].
  3. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 190.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ↑ Bryson, R.W.; Faircloth, B.C.; Tsai, W.L.E.; McCormack, J.E.; Klicka, J. (2016). "Target enrichment of thousands of ultraconserved elements sheds new light on early relationships within New World sparrows (Aves: Passerellidae)". The Auk. 133 (3): 451–458. doi:10.1642/AUK-16-26.1.
  6. ↑ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
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