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Slaty Brushfinch
Atlapetes schistaceus (Boissonneau, 1840)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
Slaty Brushfinch, Atlapetes schistaceus, is a passerine of the New World sparrows that breeds in South America from Venezuela to Peru. It was described by Boissonneau in 1840. The species is a resident throughout the year and lives in humid mountain forest, especially along shrubby margins and in dense undergrowth. It also uses elfin forest, cloud forest and secondary montane woodland, and in Venezuela it can be found above the tree line where trees occur in patches. Its range is split into several separate parts across the Andes, with different subspecies occupying different sections.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- South America: Venezuela to Peru
