Atlapetes
Genus of birds
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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]
| Atlapetes | |
|---|---|
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| Rufous-capped brushfinch, Atlapetes pileatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Atlapetes Wagler, 1831 |
| Type species | |
| Atlapetes pileatus Wagler, 1831 | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
Taxonomy and species
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 33 species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Rufous-capped brushfinch | Atlapetes pileatus | montane Mexico |
.jpg) | White-naped brushfinch | Atlapetes albinucha | highlands of eastern Mexico to Colombia |
 | Yellow-thighed brushfinch | Atlapetes tibialis | Talamancan montane forests |
| - | Yellow-green brushfinch | Atlapetes luteoviridis | montane Panama |
.jpg) | Moustached brushfinch | Atlapetes albofrenatus | Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) |
_-_Flickr_-_Alejandro_Bayer.jpg) | Santa Marta brushfinch | Atlapetes melanocephalus | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
_(25112939111).jpg) | Ochre-breasted brushfinch | Atlapetes semirufus | montane eastern Colombia end Venezuela |
.jpg) | Yellow-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes flaviceps | Magdalena River valley |
.jpg) | Dusky-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus | southwestern Colombia |
| - | White-rimmed brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopis | Ande of southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador |
.jpg) | 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 |
_Caldas.jpg) | Slaty brushfinch | Atlapetes schistaceus | Andes of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador |
 | Taczanowski's brushfinch | Atlapetes taczanowskii | Ande of central Peru |
_(14056787844).jpg) | Pale-naped brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidinucha | Andes of Colombia and Ecuador |
 | Antioquia brushfinch | Atlapetes blancae | Antioquia |
.jpg) | Yellow-breasted brushfinch | Atlapetes latinuchus | Andes of Colombia to northern Peru |
| - | Black-fronted brushfinch | Atlapetes nigrifrons | Serranía del Perijá |
.jpg) | White-winged brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopterus | Ecuador and northern Peru |
 | Pale-headed brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidiceps | south-central Ecuador |
| - | Bay-crowned brushfinch | Atlapetes seebohmi | southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru |
.jpg) | 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 |
.jpg) | Cuzco brushfinch | Atlapetes canigenis | Andes of southeastern Peru |
_(9499623126).jpg) | 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 |
 | Yellow-striped brushfinch | Atlapetes citrinellus | Andes of northwestern Argentina |