Vilcabamba Brush-finch
Encyclopedia
The Vilcabamba Brush Finch (Atlapetes terborghi) is a species of bird
in the Emberizidae
family. It is endemic to humid Andean forests in the Cordillera Vilcabamba in north-western Cuzco, Peru
. It is sometimes considered a subspecies
of the Rufous-naped Brush Finch.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Emberizidae
Emberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...
family. It is endemic to humid Andean forests in the Cordillera Vilcabamba in north-western Cuzco, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. It is sometimes considered a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of the Rufous-naped Brush Finch.
Reference
- BirdLife International 2004. Atlapetes terborghi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.