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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Vilcabamba Brush-finch (Atlapetes terborghi) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to humid Andean forests in the Cordillera Vilcabamba in north-western Cuzco, Peru. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Rufous-naped Brush-finch. The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are called buntings. The Emberizidae family probably originated in South America and spread first into North America before crossing into eastern Asia and continuing to move west. This explains the comparative paucity of emberizid species in Europe and Africa when compared to the Americas.