Santa Marta brushfinch

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Santa Marta brushfinch
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Atlapetes
Species:
A. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Atlapetes melanocephalus
(Salvin & Godman, 1880)
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The Santa Marta brushfinch (Atlapetes melanocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia).

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Atlapetes melanocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22721434A94711477. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721434A94711477.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.