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Caracas Brushfinch
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Caracas Brushfinch
Arremon phaeopleurus
The Caracas brushfinch (Arremon phaeopleurus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Venezuela.
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Description
The Caracas brushfinch is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black crown with a gray stripe in the middle and a grayish white supercilium that extends to the nape and continues down behind the ear coverts to the sides of the breast. The rest of their face is black. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive-green. Their throat is white with a black band below it. The center of their breast and belly is white and their flanks and vent are olive-buff. They have a chestnut-brown iris, a black bill, and pinkish to blackish legs and feet.
Range & habitat
The Caracas brushfinch is found in the Venezuelan Coastal Range from northern Guárico to Aragua. It inhabits humid montane forest where it favors the undergrowth in the interior and especially the edges. In elevation it ranges between 700 and 1,800 m (2,300 and 5,900 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The Caracas brushfinch's diet has not been studied. It forages singly and in pairs. It forages on the ground, usually under vegetative cover, pushing aside leaf litter with its bill.
Wikipedia: “Feeding”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145286.