Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus (dusky-headed brushfinch) genome, bAtlFus2, sequence data
The dusky-headed brushfinch (Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus) is a near threatened species of bird in the family Emberizidae, the New World sparrows. It is endemic to Colombia (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a female individual from Colombia, Alpujarra, Tolima was sourced from the Coleccion Ornitologica del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN), Universidad Nacional de Colombia by Andres M. Cuervo and coordinated by Cuervo and Daniel Cadena of Universidad de los Andes to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.