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Antioquia Brushfinch (Atlapetes blancae)

Antioquia Brushfinch
Photo: (c) Sebastian Serna Muñoz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Antioquia Brushfinch

The Antioquia brushfinch (Atlapetes blancae) is a poorly known species of bird from Colombia. It was scientifically described in 2007 on basis of three museum specimens from Antioquia, Colombia, which were previously mislabelled as slaty brushfinches (Atlapetus schistaceus). The specific epithet blancae refers to the whitish underparts of the new species, while also commemorating the Colombian lepidopterologist Blanca Huertas, the wife of ornithologist Thomas M. Donegan (who described the species). All three museum skins were collected in the 20th century, but only one label has a date, which is given as 1971. Despite recent research attempts, much of what is known of the species remains preliminary.

Source: Antioquia brushfinch on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 12 recordings for this species: 12 CC BY-NC-SA. 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.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.