Dusky-headed Brushfinch
Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus Chapman, 1914
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Dusky-headed Brushfinch, Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus, is a passerine of the New World sparrows that breeds in Colombia. It was first described by Chapman in 1914 and is endemic to the upper Magdalena River watershed in Huila Department. It lives in dense low shrubs along forest edges and clearings, in secondary forest, and in more open places such as overgrown pasture. Its range lies between 1,500 and 2,400 m. Adults show a dusky olive head with a yellow moustache and throat, olive-dusky upperparts, and mostly yellow underparts with an olive wash.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia
