Chestnut-capped Brush Finch

Chestnut-capped Brush FinchThis finch occurs in humid montane forest in the eastern Peruvian Andes. The Peru account places its local subspecies in the understory at 1,300–2,200 m.What does it look like?The head is black with a broad chestnut band across the crown. The back is olive-gray, the underparts gray, and the throat and center of the belly white; a black band crosses the breast.How does it live?This finch occurs in humid montane forest in the eastern Peruvian Andes. The Peru account places its local subspecies in the understory at 1,300–2,200 m.In eastern Peru it occupies the understory of humid montane forest. Peru Aves gives 1,300–2,200 m for that regional account and describes it as uncommon there.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.