THE WORLD BIRDS - An Online Bird Book
PASSERELLIDAE
The
Passerellidae family includes New World
brush-finches,
juncos,
New World sparrows, and
towhees. These species were formerly included in the Emberizidae faimiy which now only contains the Old World
buntings, They are small seed-eaters with a finch-like bill. In addition to seeds they also eat insects, especially when feeding their young. They build cup-shaped nests.
New World Brush-Finch
Order Passeriformes Family Passerellidae
Genus Atlapetes
Brush-finches (Atlapetes) are medium sized, long tailed sparrows; the plumage of most species is predominately gray or olive, and many species of brush-finch also have a contrasting color on the crown. Many have white malar stripes and dark throat stripes.
Finch, Apurimac Brush- Atlapetes forbesi Found: Peru
Image by:
1, 2) Fabrice Schmitt
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Finch, Bay-crowned Brush- Atlapetes seebohmi Found: Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Roger Ahlman - Ecuador
Finch, Black-faced Brush- also
Gray-eared Brush-Finch Atlapetes melanolaemus Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Carol Foil 2)
Francesco Veronesi
![](../People/FoilSM/Finch,_Black-faced_Brush_CarolFoil_eq.jpg)
Finch, Black-spectacled Brush- Atlapetes melanopsis Found: Peru
Image by: 1)
Carlos Calle
Finch, Bolivian Brush- also
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes rufinucha Found: Bolivia, Peru
Image by: 1)
Orbigny 2, 3) Carol Foil
![](../People/OrbignySM/Finch,_Bolivian_Brush_Orbigny.jpg)
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Finch,_Cuzco_Brush- Atlapetes canigenis Found: southeastern Peru
Image by: 1)
Dominic Sherony 2)
Nick Athanas
![](../People/SheronyDominicSM/Finch,_Cuzco_Brush_DominicSherony.jpg)
Finch, Dusky-headed Brush- Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus Found: Columbia
Image by:
1)
Ron Knight 2)
Oswaldo_Cortes
![](../People/KnightRonSM/Finch,_Dusky-headed_RonKnight.jpg)
Finch,_Fulvous-headed_Brush- Atlapetes fulviceps Found: Argentina, Bolivia
Image by: 1)
Orbigny 2)
Freddy Burgos - Argentina 3)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
![](../People/OrbignySM/Finch,_Fulvous-headed_Brush_Orbigny.jpg)
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS/Finch,_Fulvous-headed_Brush.jpg)
Finch,_Moustached_Brush- Atlapetes albofrenatus Found: northern Columbia, southern Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Dave_Curtis
Finch,_Ochre-breasted_Brush- Atlapetes semirufus Found: Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Fernando_Flores - Venezuela 2)
Tony_Morris - Venezuela
![](../IMAGE11SM/Finch,_Ochre-breasted_Brush_Fernando_Flores.jpg)
Finch, Pale-headed Brush- Atlapetes pallidiceps Found: Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Pia Oberg 2, 3) Aves_y_Conservacion
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS/Finch,_Pale-headed_Brush_PiaOberg.jpg)
![](../IMAGE11SM/Finch, Pale-headed Brush_Aves_y_Conservacion.jpg)
Finch, Pale-naped Brush- Atlapetes pallidinucha Found: Columiba, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Guango Lodge, Ecuador - Guango Lodge 4)
Nick Athanas - Columbia
![](../Daniels/EcuadorSM/Finch,_Pale-naped_Brush_guango2.jpg)
![](../Daniels/EcuadorSM/Finch,_Pale-naped_Brush_guango3.jpg)
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Finch, Rufous-capped Brush- Atlapetes pileatus Found: Mexico
Image by: 1)
Jerry Oldenettel 2)
Amy McAndrews 3)
Doug_Greenberg
![](../People/OldenettelSM/Finch,_Rufous-capped_Brush_JerryOldenettel.jpg)
![](../People/McAndrewsSM/Finch,_Rufous-capped_Brush_AmyMcAndrews_eq.jpg)
Finch, Rufous-eared Brush- Atlapetes rufigenis Found: Andes of west-central Peru
Image by: 1)
Sevillano_Steven 2)
John Gerrard Keulemans 3)
Peter Boesman
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS5/Finch,_Rufous-eared_Brush_Sevillano_Steven.jpg)
![](../People/KeulemansSM/Finch,_Rufous-eared_Brush_John_Gerrard_Keulemans.jpg)
Finch,_Rusty-bellied_Brush- Atlapetes nationi Found: Peru
Image by: 1)
Carlos Calle 2)
Nick Athanas
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS/Finch,_Rusty-bellied_Brush.jpg)
Finch, Santa Marta Brush- Atlapetes melanocephalus Found: Santa Marta mountains of Columbia
Image by: 1)
Alejandro Tamayo 2)
Dave Curtis 3)
Nick Athanas
![](../People/TamayoSM/Finch,_Santa_Marta_Brush_AlejandroTamayo.jpg)
![](../People/CurtisDaveSM/Finch,_Santa_Marta_Brush_DaveCurtis_eq.jpg)
Finch,_Slaty_Brush- Atlapetes schistaceus
Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Ken-ichi Ueda - Columbia 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Columbia, Peru
![](../Images8SM/Finch,_Slaty_Brush_Ken_ichi_Ueda.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Slaty_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq2.jpg)
Finch,_Tepiu_Brush- Atlapetes personatus Found: mainly Venezuela; also Brazil, Guyana,
Image by: 1)
Brendan_Ryan - Venezuela 2)
Pinned
![](../People/RyanBrendan_SM/Finch,_Tepiu_Brush_Brendan_Ryan.jpg)
Finch,_Tricolored_Brush- Atlapetes tricolor Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi - Columbiai 2)
Alejandro Tamayo 3, 4)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Peru
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Finch,_Tricolored_Brush_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg)
![](../People/TamayoSM/Finch,_Tricolored_Brush_AlejandroTamayo.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Tricolored_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq.jpg)
Finch, White-headed Brush- Atlapetes albiceps Found: southern Ecuador, northern Peru
Image by: 1)
David Cook - Peru 2)
Altabpe00 - Peru
Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador
![](../People/CookDavidSM/Finch,_White-headed_Brush_DavidCook.jpg)
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS/Finch,_White-headed_Brush.jpg)
Finch,_White-naped_Brush- Atlapetes albinucha Found: Central America, Columbia
Image by: 1)
Dick Daniels - Boquette, Panama 2)
Amy McAndrews - Mexico
3, 4) Francesco_Veronesi
![](../Daniels/PanamaSM/Finch,_White-naped_Brush_Boquette.jpg)
![](../People/McAndrewsSM/Finch,_White-naped_Brush_AmyMcAndrews.jpg)
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Finch,_White-naped_Brush_Francesco_Veronesi2.jpg)
Finch,_White-rimmed_Brush- Atlapetes leucopis Found; Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Brayan_Coral_Jaramillo - Columbia 2)
Daniel_Orozco - Columbia
![](../ImageALLRIGHTS5/Finch,_White-rimmed_Brush_Brayan_Coral_Jaramillo.jpg)
Finch,_White-winged_Brush- Atlapetes leucopterus Found: Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Nigel Voaden - Ecuador 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Peru, Ecuador
![](../People/VoadenSM/Finch,_White-winged_Brush_NigelVoaden.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_White-winged_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq2.jpg)
Finch,_Yellow-breasted_Brush- Atlapetes latinuchus Found: mainly Columbia, Ecuador, Peru; also far western Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 2, 3, 4) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
![](../People/VeronesiSM/Finch,_Yellow-breasted_Brush_Francesco_Veronesi.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Yellow-breasted_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Yellow-breasted_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq2.jpg)
Finch,_Yellow-headed_Brush- Atlapetes flaviceps Found: Columbia
Image by:
1)
Alejandro Tamayo 2)
Ron Knight 3)
Nick Athanas 4)
ProAves_Colombia
![](../People/TamayoSM/Finch,_Yellow-headed_Brush_AlejandroTamayo.jpg)
![](../People/KnightRonSM/Finch,_Yellow-headed_Brush_RonKnight.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Yellow-headed_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq.jpg)
Finch,_Yellow-striped_Brush- Atlapetes citrinellus Found: Argentina, Paraguay
Image by: 1)
Allan Drewitt 2)
Nick Athanas - Argentina
3)
Ron Knight
![](../Images8SM/Finch,_Yellow-striped_Brush_AllanDrewitt.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Yellow-striped_Brush_Nick_Athanas_eq.jpg)
Genus Pezopetes - 1 species
Finch, Large-footed Pezopetes capitalis Found: Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1)
Barbara_Dye - Costa Rica 2)
Mike Baird - Costa Rica 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica 4)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica
![](../IMAGE11SM/Finch,_Large-footed_Barbara_Dye.jpg)
![](../People/BairdSM/Finch,_Large-footed_MorroBayCA_MikeBaird.jpg)
![](../People/OldenettelSM/Finch,_Large-footed_JerryOldenettel.jpg)
Genus Pselliophorus
These birds are not really finches, despite their name. They are instead members of the Passerellidae family. Both species have yellow thighs.
Finch, Yellow-green Pselliophorus luteoviridis Found: Panama
Image by:
1)
Daniel Hinckley - Panama
Finch,_Yellow-thighed Pselliophorus tibialis Found: Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1) Charlie Westerinen - near Poas Volcanon, Costa Rica 2)
Tim - Costa Rica 3)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 4)
Patty_McGann
![](../People/Westerinen/WesterinenSM/Finch,_Yellow-thighed_CharlieWesterinen.jpg)
![](../Images6SM/Finch,_Yellow-thighed_Tim.jpg)
![](../People/AthanasSM/Finch,_Yellow-thighed_Nick_Athanas_eq.jpg)