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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Bird feeding on lawn Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 12 February 2011 49 weeks ago 12 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on a compost pile Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2007 4 years ago 25 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 7 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding on seeds thrown out for it Locality Chiriquí Highlands, Chiriquí Province, Panama (ssp elsae)
Robert Schaefer 3 January 2012 8 weeks ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A bird in the vegetation, then eating grain on the ground Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp elsae)
Richard Garrigues 16 October 2006 4 years ago 15 sec 3.6 -
Bird foraging in undergrowth Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 12 February 2011 49 weeks ago 20 sec 3.5
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bird on a branch looking at the camera
Locality San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 January 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality La Cumbre, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp nigrilatera)
Josep del Hoyo 17 April 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Bird on a branch
Locality San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 January 2010 2 years ago 3 -
One adult bird perched on the ground.
Locality Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru
Carlos Gussoni 18 November 2011 26 weeks ago 2.6 -
on the ground in dark understory
Locality Sendero Los Quetzales, Volcan Baru National Park, Chiriquí Province, Panama
ben lascelles 13 July 2008 2 years ago 2.5 -
On the ground
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
oleicfrisbee 16 weeks ago 1.4
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Song of adult Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp frontalis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 25 October 2011 27 weeks ago 5 -
Song. Locality Los Cedros Reserve, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
(ssp frontalis)
Scott Olmstead 21 June 2008 2 years ago 4 -
Song Locality Iguaque National Sanctuary, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Libor Vaicenbacher 24 July 2011 15 weeks ago 3
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