White-headed Brushfinch
Atlapetes albiceps
(L 6.25" Wt 1.32 oz)
Found only in far south Ecuador
and for north Peru...in lower
Andean slopes and in coastal hills.
Road from Buenaventura
Reserve to Machara
14Feb2013
Atla in Greek mythology is Atlas
the Titan king of Mauretania and
petes means flier; albiceps is Latin
for
white headed.
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