Atlapetes (Genus)

Overview

Atlapetes is a genus of in the Emberizidae family. Along with the genus Buarremon they comprise the brush-finches.

It contains the following species:

White-naped Brush-finch, Atlapetes albinucha
Pale-naped Brush-finch, Atlapetes pallidinucha
Rufous-naped Brush-finch, Atlapetes rufinucha
Black-faced Brush-finch, Atlapetes melanolaemus
Yellow-breasted Brush-finch, Atlapetes latinuchus
White-rimmed Brush-finch, Atlapetes leucopis
Rufous-capped Brush-finch, Atlapetes pileatus
Santa Marta Brush-finch, Atlapetes melanocephalus
Yellow-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes flaviceps
Dusky-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus
Tricolored Brush-finch, Atlapetes tricolor
Moustached Brush-finch, Atlapetes albofrenatus
Slaty Brush-finch, Atlapetes schistaceus
Grey Brush-finch, Atlapetes canigenis
Bay-crowned Brush-finch, Atlapetes seebohmi
Rusty-bellied Brush-finch, Atlapetes nationi
White-winged Brush-finch, Atlapetes leucopterus
White-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes albiceps
Pale-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps
Rufous-eared Brush-finch, Atlapetes rufigenis
Black-spectacled Brush-finch, Atlapetes melanopsis
Apur�mac Brush-finch, Atlapetes forbesi
Ochre-breasted Brush-finch, Atlapetes semirufus
Fulvous-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes fulviceps
Tepui Brush-finch, Atlapetes personatus
Yellow-striped Brush-finch, Atlapetes citrinellus
Vilcabamba Brush-finch, Atlapetes terborghi
Antioquia Brush-finch, Atlapetes blancae

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves
        Superorder: Passerimorphae
        Order: Passeriformes C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
        Suborder: Passeri
        Parvorder: Passerida
        Superfamily: Passeroidea
        Family: Fringillidae - Buntings, Finches
        Subfamily: Emberizinae
        Tribe: Emberizini
        Genus: Atlapetes

The Genus Atlapetes is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 80 species and subspecies in the Genus Atlapetes: A. albiceps (White-Headed Brush-Finch) · A. albinucha (White-Naped Brush-Finch) · A. albinucha brunnescens · A. albinucha gutturalis · A. albinucha parvirostris · A. albofrenatus (Moustached Brush-Finch) · A. albofrenatus meridae · A. apertus (Plain-Breasted Brush Finch) · A. atricapillus (Stripe-Headed Brush-Finch) · A. blancae · A. brunneinucha (Chestnut-Capped Brush Finch) · A. brunneinucha apertus · A. brunneinucha elsae · A. canigenis · A. citrinellus (Yellow-Striped Brush-Finch) · A. crassus · A. flaviceps (Yellow-Headed Brush-Finch) · A. forbesi · A. fulviceps (Fulvous-Headed Brush-Finch) · A. fuscoolivaceus (Dusky-Headed Brush-Finch) · A. gutturalis · A. gutturalis brunnescens · A. latinucha · A. latinuchus · A. latinuchus caucae · A. latinuchus chugurensis · A. latinuchus elaeoprorus · A. latinuchus latinuchus · A. latinuchus spodionotus · A. leucopis (White-Rimmed Brush-Finch) · A. leucopterus (White-Winged Brush-Finch) · A. leucopterus dresseri · A. leucopterus leucopterus (White-Winged Brush-Finch) · A. leucopterus paynteri · A. melanocephalus (Santa Marta Brush-Finch) · A. melanolaemus · A. melanops · A. melanopsis (Black-Spectacled Brush-Finch) · A. nationi (Rusty-Bellied Brush-Finch) · A. nationi brunneiceps · A. nationi nationi (Rusty-Bellied Brush-Finch) · A. pallidiceps (Pale-Headed Brush-Finch) · A. pallidinucha (Pale-Naped Brush-Finch) · A. pallidinucha pallidinucha · A. pallidinucha papallactae · A. paynteri · A. personatus (Tepui Brush-Finch) · A. personatus duidae · A. personatus personatus (Tepui Brush-Finch) · A. pileatus (Rufous-Capped Brush Finch) · A. pileatus dilutus · A. pileatus pileatus (Rufous-Capped Brush Finch) · A. rufigenis (Rufous-Eared Brush-Finch) · A. rufigenis forbesi · A. rufinucha (Rufous-Naped Brush-Finch) · A. rufinucha latinuchus · A. rufinucha melanolaemus · A. rufinucha rufinucha (Rufous-Naped Brush-Finch) · A. schistaceus (Slaty Brush-Finch) · A. schistaceus castaneifrons · A. schistaceus fumidus · A. schistaceus schistaceus (Slaty Brush Finch) · A. schistaceus taczanowskii · A. schistaceus taczoanowskii · A. schistaceus tamae · A. seebohmi (Bay-Crowned Brush-Finch) · A. seebohmi simonsi · A. semirufus (Ochre-Breasted Brush-Finch) · A. semirufus denisei · A. semirufus majusculus · A. semirufus semirufus · A. terborghi (Vilcabamba Brush-Finch) · A. torquatus (Stripe-Headed Brush Finch) · A. torquatus assimilis · A. torquatus poliophrys · A. torquatus torquatus · A. tricolor (Tricoloured Brush-Finch) · A. tricolor crassus · A. tricolor nov · A. virenticeps (Green-Striped Brush-Finch)

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