Cuzco Brush Finch | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Emberizidae |
Genus: | Atlapetes |
Species: | A. canigenis |
Binomial name | |
Atlapetes canigenis Chapman, 1919 |
The Cuzco Brush Finch (Atlapetes canigenis), also known as the Cuzco Brush Finch or Sooty Brush-finch, is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic humid Andean forests in south-eastern Peru, where mainly found in Cuzco. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Slaty Brush Finch.