Atlapetes

Atlapetes
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
see text

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

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
	Rufous-capped brushfinch	Atlapetes pileatus	montane Mexico
	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
	Moustached brushfinch	Atlapetes albofrenatus	Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)
-	Merida brushfinch	Atlapetes meridae	Cordillera de Mérida
	Tepui brushfinch	Atlapetes personatus	tepuis
	Santa Marta brushfinch	Atlapetes melanocephalus	Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
	Ochre-breasted brushfinch	Atlapetes semirufus	montane eastern Colombia end Venezuela
	Yellow-headed brushfinch	Atlapetes flaviceps	Magdalena River valley
	Dusky-headed brushfinch	Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus	southwestern Colombia
-	White-rimmed brushfinch	Atlapetes leucopis	Ande of southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador
	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
	Slaty brushfinch	Atlapetes schistaceus	Andes of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
	Taczanowski's brushfinch	Atlapetes taczanowskii	Ande of central Peru
	Pale-naped brushfinch	Atlapetes pallidinucha	Andes of Colombia and Ecuador
	Antioquia brushfinch	Atlapetes blancae	Antioquia
	Yellow-breasted brushfinch	Atlapetes latinuchus	Andes of Colombia to northern Peru
-	Black-fronted brushfinch	Atlapetes nigrifrons	Serranía del Perijá
	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
	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
	Cuzco brushfinch	Atlapetes canigenis	Andes of southeastern Peru
	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

References

1. 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.
2. Wagler, Johann Georg (1831). "Einige Mittheilungen über Thiere Mexicos". Isis von Oken (in German and Latin). 1831. Col 510–535 [526].
3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 190.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 58. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. 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 .
6. 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.