Atlapetes pallidiceps (Sharpe, 1900)
Pale-headed brush-finch, Pale-headed brush finch, Pale-headed brush-finch
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1969
Rediscovered in 1998
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sharpe 1900 Bull.Br.Orn.Club 11 p.2
Other references:
Agreda, A.; Krabbe, N.; Rodríguez, O. 1999. Report on November 1998 CECIA expedition in search of the Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps.
Agreda, A.; Krabbe, N.; Rodriguez, O. 1999. Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps is not extinct. Cotinga 11: 50-54.
Balchin, Chris. (2007). Back from the dead! A potpourri of recent rediscoveries in the Neotropics. Neotropical Birding 2: 4-11.
BirdLife International. 2016. Atlapetes pallidiceps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22721487A94713203. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22721487A94713203.en. Downloaded on 13 February 2017.
Collar, N. J.; Gonzaga, L. P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L. G.; Parker, T. A.; Wege, D. C. 1992. Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
Jaramillo, A. 2016. Pale-headed Brush-finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Krabbe, N. 2004. Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps: notes on population size, habitat, vocalizations, feeding, interference competition and conservation. Bird Conservation International 14: 77-86.
Krabbe, N.; Juiña, M.; Sornoza, A. F. 2011. Marked population increase in Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps in response to cowbird contro. Journal of Ornithology 152(2): 219-222.
Oppel, S.; Schaefer, H. M.; Schmidt, V. 2003. Description of the nest, eggs, and breeding behavior of the endangered Pale-headed Brush-Finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) in Ecuador. Wilson Bulletin 115: 360-366.
Oppel, S.; Schaefer, H. M.; Schmidt, V.; Schröder, B. 2004. Cowbird parasitism of Pale-headed Brush-finch Atlapetes pallidiceps: implications for conservation and management. Bird Conservation International 14: 63-75.
Oppel, S.; Schaefer, H.M.; Schmidt, V.; Schröder, B. 2004. Habitat selection by the pale-headed brush-finch (Atlapetes pallidiceps) in southern Ecuador: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation 118: 33-40.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Schmidt, V.; Schaefer, H.M. Undated. Pale-headed Brushfinch recovery project in southwestern Ecuador 2002-2003.
Sornoza Molina, F. 2000. Fundación Jocotoco: conservation action in Ecuador. World Birdwatch 22: 14-17.