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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Passerellidae |
| Genus: | Atlapetes |
| Species: | A. flaviceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Atlapetes flaviceps Chapman, 1912
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The yellow-headed brushfinch (Atlapetes flaviceps) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the American sparrow family, Passerellidae. It is endemic to Colombia. The common name is a semi-literal translation of the scientific name, with Atlapetes referring to the brushfinch genus, and flaviceps meaning "yellow-headed".
This species has a yellow to dark olive head. The throat, chin, malar streak, lores, eye-ring, and ear patch are bright yellow in any case. The rest of the plumage is yellow with dark olive upperparts, wing and tail. The variation in the head color is not well explained, but it is likely that the olive-headed individuals are females and/or immature birds.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Atlapetes flaviceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22721439A179388428. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22721439A179388428.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ SACC [2006]