Avibase: Atlapetes melanopsis (Black-spectacled Brushfinch)

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Black-spectacled Brushfinch

Atlapetes melanopsis Valqui H, TH; Fjeldså, J 2002

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Andrew Spencer	26-11-2009	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3150 m)	calls (A) - pair excitement calls	41103 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Andrew Spencer	26-11-2009	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3150 m)	calls (A) -	41104 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Barros/Schmitt	28-05-07	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3050 m)	? (A) -	23653 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Andrew Spencer	26-11-2009	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3150 m)	song and calls (A) - song and pair excitement calls	41102 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Andrew Spencer	26-11-2009	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3150 m)	song and calls (A) - song and pair excitement calls	41101 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Barros/Schmitt	28-05-07	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3050 m)	? (A) -	23652 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Barros/Schmitt	28-05-07	Chucho Acha, Junín (Peru) (3050 m)	? (A) -	23654 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Andrew Spencer	2009-11-26	Chucho Acha, Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	- songs, pair excitement/reunion calls, and tink calls from a group of three birds moving at mid-height in dense but disturbed temperate forest with a high component of bamboo.	31745211 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Gabriel Leite	2025-09-01	, Junín (Peru)	-	642086348 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	GABRIEL LEITE	2025-09-01	Apaya Road Pass, Concepción Province, Junin, Concepción (Peru) (3900 m)	song - [sono]	1038780 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Sasha Robinson	2023-11-18	, Junín (Peru)	-	622947431 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Sasha Robinson	2023-11-18	, Junín (Peru)	-	622947441 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	GABRIEL LEITE	2025-09-01	Apaya Road Pass, Concepción Province, Junin, Concepción (Peru) (3900 m)	song - [sono]	1038779 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	J. Quillen Vidoz	2019-06-12	, Junín (Peru)	-	456588961 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Miguel Lezama - Tanager Tours	2022-01-21	, Junín (Peru)	-	508005371 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Sasha Robinson	2023-11-18	, Junín (Peru)	-	622947435 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	GABRIEL LEITE	2025-09-01	Apaya Road Pass, Concepción Province, Junin, Concepción (Peru) (3900 m)	song - [sono]	1038781 xeno-canto.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Gabriel Leite	2025-09-01	, Junín (Peru)	-	642086347 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Sasha Robinson	2023-11-18	, Junín (Peru)	-	622947438 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Daniel Lane	2010-07-26	Bosque Nublado de Chihuana, Huancavelica, Peru, Huancavelica (Peru)	-	392842621 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Thomas S. Schulenberg	2010-03-23	Chilifruta, ~35km ENE of Huancayo, Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	-	161729 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Gabriel Leite	2025-09-01	, Junín (Peru)	-	642086349 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Sasha Robinson	2023-11-18	, Junín (Peru)	-	622947436 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-spectacled Brushfinch - Atlapetes melanopsis	Michael G. Harvey	2006-08-04	Andamarca Road: km 26, Junín, Peru, Junín (Peru)	-	136602 macaulaylibrary.org

Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

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