Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Rufous-eared Brush-finch (Atlapetes rufigenis) - HBW 16, p. 589
French: Tohi rougeaud
German: Rotohr-Buschammer
Spanish: Atlapetes Orejirrufo
Taxonomy: Buarremon rufigenis Salvin, 1895, Huamachuca, 10,400 feet [c. 3170 m], La Libertad, and Cajabamba, 11,000 feet [c. 3350 m], Cajamarca, Peru.
Until recently usually treated as conspecific with A. forbesi. Monotypic.
Distribution: Upper Marañón Valley from Cajamarca S to Ancash and Huánuco, in Andes of W Peru.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A bird on a branch of polylepis. Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 19 October 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 4.3
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A pair on top of a tree
Locality Huaraz, Ancash Department, Peru
Dubi Shapiro 2 November 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Lateral view of an adult.
Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 4 June 2012 50 weeks ago 3.2 -
posing
Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Niels Poul Dreyer 22 July 2005 3 years ago 3
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