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The Black-spectacled brush finch (Atlapetes melanopsis) is a bird found in Peru. Found in Peru. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Black-spectacled brush finch lives

Found in Peru.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs40%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by GABRIEL LEITE (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1038781. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Black-spectacled brush finch

Where does the Black-spectacled brush finch live?

The Black-spectacled brush finch lives in Peru. Found in Peru.

What does the Black-spectacled brush finch eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Black-spectacled brush finch endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from South America

• Blue-necked tanager
• Spot-winged pigeon
• Brown-hooded gull
• Glittering-bellied emerald
• Campo flicker
• White-collared swift

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.