Moustached Brushfinch (Atlapetes albofrenatus)
About the Moustached Brushfinch
The moustached brushfinch (Atlapetes albofrenatus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It is found in northern Colombia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest. The moustached brushfinch was first formally described in 1940 by the French ornithologist Auguste Boissonneau. He named it Tanagra (arremon) albo-frenatus, considering it to be part of the Tanager family. A study of the mitochondrial DNA gene sequences for the family Passerellidae indicated that the moustached brushfinch is most closely related to the ochre-breasted brushfinch, found in Colombia and Venezuela, and the Santa Marta brushfinch, endemic to Colombia. Two subspecies are recognised:
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 52 recordings for this species: 26 CC BY-NC-SA · 26 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bay-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes seebohmirecording
- Choco BrushfinchAtlapetes crassusrecording
- Dusky-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceusrecording
- Pale-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidicepsrecording
- Pale-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidinucharecording
- Slaty BrushfinchAtlapetes schistaceusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.