Vilcabamba brushfinch

The Vilcabamba brushfinch (Atlapetes terborghi) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae.

Vilcabamba brushfinch

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species:
A. terborghi
Binomial name
Atlapetes terborghi
Remsen, 1993

It is endemic to humid Andean forest in the Cordillera Vilcabamba in northwestern Cuzco, Peru. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the rufous-naped brushfinch.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Atlapetes terborghi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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