Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
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Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Arremon brunneinucha

Silhouette: Juan Camilo Cepeda-Duque · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

935 Verified sightings at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
10,481 In all 21 parks
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

The chestnut-capped brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Mexico to Peru. The chestnut-capped brushfinch was formally described in 1839 with the binomial Embernagra brunnei-nucha. It eventually was reassigned to genus Buarremon and the specific epithet revised to brunneinuchus. Genus Buarremon was still later merged into genus Atlapetes but further study resulted in Buarremon's being resurrected. In 2000 taxonomists again revised the specific epithet to its current brunneinucha. In 2008 taxonomists began merging Buarremon into Arremon.

The chestnut-capped brushfinch's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these nine subspecies: Clements also sets A. b. apertus apart within the species, calling it the "chestnut-capped brushfinch (plain-breasted)". Clements groups the others as the "chestnut-capped brushfinch (chestnut-capped)".

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Sounds

Song1:01

Mexico · 2026

© Omar Suárez García · XC1175189 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Duet0:28

Costa Rica · 2025

© Scott Olmstead · XC1055910 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:34

Colombia · 2023

© Andrés Mauricio López · XC779303 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
2 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
3 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~30%
4 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
5 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
6 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
7 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
8 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
9 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
10 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
11 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
12 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~10%
13 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
14 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
15 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
16 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
17 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
18 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
19 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
20 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
21 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
2 San José 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
3 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Closest Relatives at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

Black-headed Brushfinch
LC

Black-headed Brushfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Arremon atricapillus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Orange-billed Sparrow
LC

Orange-billed Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Arremon aurantiirostris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Olive Finch
NT

Olive Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Arremon castaneiceps

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Gray-browed Brushfinch
LC

Gray-browed Brushfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Arremon assimilis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Chocó Brushfinch
LC

Chocó Brushfinch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Atlapetes crassus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager
LC

Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorospingus flavigularis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Rufous-collared Sparrow
LC

Rufous-collared Sparrow

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Zonotrichia capensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager
LC

Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorospingus canigularis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
White-naped Brush-Finch
LC

White-naped Brush-Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Atlapetes albinucha

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch
LC

Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Atlapetes latinuchus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Dusky Bush-Tanager
LC

Dusky Bush-Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorospingus semifuscus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Common Chlorospingus
LC

Common Chlorospingus

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorospingus flavopectus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-capped Brushfinch in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-capped Brushfinch sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 935 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Chestnut-capped Brushfinch in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

September and December

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Chestnut-capped Brushfinch in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against about 20% in January–March, May–August and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Chestnut-capped Brushfinch?

Between 6 and 9 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chestnut-capped Brushfinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Farallones de Cali National Natural Park the best place to see a Chestnut-capped Brushfinch?

3rd of 21

Of the 21 parks where we can rate Chestnut-capped Brushfinch sightings, Farallones de Cali National Natural Park ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Volcán Barú National Park (Panama, about 40%) and La Tigra National Park (Honduras, about 30%).

Where does the Chestnut-capped Brushfinch sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Chestnut-capped Brushfinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (935 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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