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title: "Yellow-breasted Brushfinch"
description: "Atlapetes latinuchus — Uccelli. The yellow-breasted brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-breasted-brushfinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-breasted Brushfinch

> Atlapetes latinuchus — Uccelli. The yellow-breasted brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows.

- Scientific name: *Atlapetes latinuchus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 890
- Wikidata: [Q727767](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727767)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62545](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62545)

## Names

- en: Yellow-breasted Brushfinch
- de: Gelbbrust-Buschammer
- es: Matorralero de pecho amarillo
- fr: Tohi à miroir
- nl: Geelborststruikgors
- pl: Zaroślak zmienny

## Countries with the most observations

EC (556), CO (220), PE (56)

## Summary

The yellow-breasted brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus) is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru..

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-breasted_brushfinch

## Photo

![Yellow-breasted Brushfinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-breasted-brushfinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328422525

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-breasted-brushfinch?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).