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White-headed Brushfinch
Atlapetes albiceps (Taczanowski, 1884)
Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
White-headed Brushfinch, Atlapetes albiceps, is a passerine of the New World sparrows that breeds in far south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru. It is a resident bird of the Andes’ Pacific slope, where it occurs in dry deciduous forest, dry scrub and gallery forest. It was first described by Taczanowski in 1884. The species has a black crown and nape, with the rest of the head white, and the wings show a pale patch on the closed wing from the white bases of the primaries.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Passerellidae — New World Sparrows
- Breeding range
- South America: far sw Ecuador and nw Peru
