New World Sparrows

Grey-eared Brushfinch

Atlapetes melanolaemus

The Grey-eared Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus) is a 29 g scrub bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

New World Sparrows

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

29 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Peru, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Manu Biolodge (anteriormente Estación Biológica Villa Carmen) (Peru).

Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist