Atlapetes schistaceus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The slaty brushfinch or northern slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found from Venezuela to Ecuador. The slaty brushfinch was formally described in 1840 with the binomial Tanagra (Arremon) schistaceus. It was reassigned to its present genus Atlapetes in 1911.
The slaty brushfinch has these four subspecies: What is now the Cuzco brushfinch (A. canigenis) was long treated as another subspecies but by the early twenty-first century it was widely recognized as a full species. What most taxonomic systems recognize as Taczanowski's brushfinch (A. taczanowskii) was also long treated as another subspecies. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World recognized it as a species in 2016. The IOC and the Clements taxonomy followed suit in 2024, though Clements calls it the Peruvian slaty brushfinch. The first version of AviList in 2025 also recognized it. However, as of February 2026 the independent South American... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty Brush-Finch sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 992 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Slaty Brush-Finch in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in February and June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Slaty Brush-Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Slaty Brush-Finch sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Chingaza National Natural Park (Colombia, about 30%).
Same genus: Atlapetes
The closest relatives of the Slaty Brush-Finch that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (genus Atlapetes, Atlapetes Brushfinches) are Pale-naped Brush-Finch (about 40%) and White-naped Brush-Finch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Slaty Brush-Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (992 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.
