Atlapetes
Appearance
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Rufous-capped brushfinch, Atlapetes pileatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Passerellidae |
Genus: | Atlapetes Wagler, 1831 |
Type species | |
Atlapetes pileatus Wagler, 1831
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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
[edit]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 34 species:[6]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rufous-capped brushfinch | Atlapetes pileatus | montane Mexico |
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White-naped brushfinch | Atlapetes albinucha | highlands of eastern Mexico to Colombia |
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Yellow-thighed brushfinch | Atlapetes tibialis | Talamancan montane forests |
- | Yellow-green brushfinch | Atlapetes luteoviridis | montane Panama |
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Moustached brushfinch | Atlapetes albofrenatus | Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) |
- | Merida brushfinch | Atlapetes meridae | Cordillera de Mérida |
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Tepui brushfinch | Atlapetes personatus | tepuis |
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Santa Marta brushfinch | Atlapetes melanocephalus | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
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Ochre-breasted brushfinch | Atlapetes semirufus | montane eastern Colombia end Venezuela |
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Yellow-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes flaviceps | Magdalena River valley |
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Dusky-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus | southwestern Colombia |
- | White-rimmed brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopis | Ande of southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador |
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White-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes albiceps | southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru |
- | Rufous-eared brushfinch | Atlapetes rufigenis | Andes of northwestern Peru |
- | Choco brushfinch | Atlapetes crassus | western slope of Andes of Colombia and Ecuador |
- | Tricolored brushfinch | Atlapetes tricolor | eastern Peruvian Andes |
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Slaty brushfinch | Atlapetes schistaceus | Andes of Colombia, Venzuela and Ecuador |
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Taczanowski's brushfinch | Atlapetes taczanowskii | Ande of central Peru |
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Pale-naped brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidinucha | Andes of Colombia and Ecuador |
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Antioquia brushfinch | Atlapetes blancae | Antioquia |
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Yellow-breasted brushfinch | Atlapetes latinuchus | Andes of Colombia to northern Peru |
- | Black-fronted brushfinch | Atlapetes nigrifrons | Serranía del Perijá |
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White-winged brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopterus | Ecuador and northern Peru |
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Pale-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidiceps | south-central Ecuador |
- | Bay-crowned brushfinch | Atlapetes seebohmi | southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru |
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Rusty-bellied brushfinch | Atlapetes nationi | southwestern Peru |
- | Apurimac brushfinch | Atlapetes forbesi | Andes of south-central Peru |
- | Black-spectacled brushfinch | Atlapetes melanopsis | Andes of southeastern Peru |
- | Vilcabamba brushfinch | Atlapetes terborghi | Cordillera Vilcabamba |
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Cuzco brushfinch | Atlapetes canigenis | Andes of southeastern Peru |
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Grey-eared brushfinch | Atlapetes melanolaemus | Andes of southeastern Peru and Bolivia |
- | Bolivian brushfinch | Atlapetes rufinucha | Bolivian Andes |
- | Fulvous-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes fulviceps | Andes of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina |
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Yellow-striped brushfinch | Atlapetes citrinellus | Andes of northwestern Argentina |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1831). "Einige Mittheilungen über Thiere Mexicos". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 1831. Col 510–535 [526].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 190.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2024). "New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 October 2024.