| Santa Marta Brushfinch Atlapetes melanocephalus Colombian name: Gorrión-montés de Santa Marta |
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Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia April 2012 The Santa Marta Brushfinch is one of the more easily seen Santa Marta endemics. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found between 1,000 and 3,000 metres at forest borders and secondary growth but never in the interior of mature forest. |
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Its most
distinctive feature is the pale-cheeked effect coming from the greyish ear-coverts. Note the ring
on the leg of the bird in photo 1 which was taken at the El Dorado Lodge.
The song has lots of buzzy notes. |
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