Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Chestnut-capped Brush-finch (Arremon brunneinucha) - HBW 16, p. 577
French: Tohi à nuque brune
German: Braunkopf-Buschammer
Spanish: Cerquero Coronicastaño
Other common names: Mexican Chestnut-capped Sparrow, Chestnut-capped Atlapetes; Plain-breasted/San Martin Brush-finch (apertus)
Taxonomy: Embernagra brunnei-nucha Lafresnaye, 1839, Mexico = Jalapa, Veracruz.
Often placed in genus Buarremon or Atlapetes. Proposed race nigrilatera, described from Cerro Baúl (Oaxaca), in S Mexico, considered synonymous with suttoni. Nine subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brunneinucha (Lafresnaye, 1839) - E Mexico from San Luis Potosí and Veracruz S to NE Oaxaca.
- apertus (Wetmore, 1942) - Sierra de Tuxtla, in S Veracruz (Mexico).
- suttoni (Parkes, 1954) - Guerrero E to C Oaxaca, in S Mexico.
- brunneinucha (Lafresnaye, 1839) - E Mexico from San Luis Potosí and Veracruz S to NE Oaxaca.
- apertus (Wetmore, 1942) - Sierra de Tuxtla, in S Veracruz (Mexico).
- suttoni (Parkes, 1954) - Guerrero E to C Oaxaca, in S Mexico.
- macrourus (Parkes, 1954) - Chiapas (S Mexico) and SW Guatemala.
- alleni (Parkes, 1954) - Honduras, N El Salvador and W Nicaragua.
- elsae (Parkes, 1954) - Costa Rica and W & C Panama.
- frontalis Tschudi, 1844 - extreme E Panama, Colombia, W & N Venezuela (except in Falcón and Yaracuy), Ecuador (except W slope from SW Chimborazo S to NW Azuay) and Peru.
- allinornatus (Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1949) - Sierra de San Luis (Falcón) and Sierra de Aroa (Yaracuy), in NW Venezuela.
- inornatus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1879) - SC Ecuador from SW Chimborazo S to NW Azuay (vicinity of R Chimbo and R Chachan).
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A bird picking cracked corn from the grass. Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp elsae)
Richard Garrigues 19 January 2013 20 weeks ago 21 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding on a compost pile Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
Bird feeding on lawn Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 12 February 2011 2 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding on seeds thrown out for it Locality Chiriquí Highlands, Chiriquí Province, Panama (ssp elsae)
Robert Schaefer 3 January 2012 1 year ago 36 sec 4.2 -
A bird coming to feed on moths attracted to a light at dawn Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 8 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
A bird picking cracked corn from the grass. Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp elsae)
Richard Garrigues 19 January 2013 20 weeks ago 11 sec 3.8
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Perched
Locality San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp elsae)
Marc FASOL 12 November 2011 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
bird on a branch looking at the camera
Locality San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia (ssp frontalis)
mauricio rueda 3 January 2010 3 years ago 4 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp suttoni)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
Bird on a branch
Locality San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 January 2010 3 years ago 3 -
A bird on a feeder.
Locality Volcan Baru National Park, Chiriquí Province, Panama
Ken Havard 11 February 2009 35 weeks ago 2.8 -
One adult bird perched on the ground.
Locality Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru
Carlos Gussoni 18 November 2011 1 year ago 2.6
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Song of adult Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp frontalis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 25 October 2011 1 year ago 5 -
Song. Locality Los Cedros Reserve, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
(ssp frontalis)
Scott Olmstead 21 June 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Song Locality Iguaque National Sanctuary, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Libor Vaicenbacher 24 July 2011 1 year ago 3
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