White-chinned thistletail
| White-chinned thistletail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Asthenes |
| Species: | A. fuliginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Asthenes fuliginosa (Lafresnaye, 1843) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Schizoeaca fuliginosa | |
The white-chinned thistletail or "Colicardo Barbiblanco" (Asthenes fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
Description
18.5–19 cm in length. Chestnut-brown above with narrow white eye-ring and short pale grayish supercilliary. Very long chestnut-rufous tail. Uniform gray below with whitish chin patch.[2]
Subspecies
The white-chinned thistletail has four subspecies:
- A. f. fuliginosa (Lafresnaye, 1843) - Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
- A. f. fumigata (Borrero, 1960) - Colombia
- A. f. peruviana (Cory, 1916) - northern Peru
- A. f. plengei (O'Neill & Parker, 1976) - central Peru
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Asthenes fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Ridgely, Robert and Paul Greenfield. The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II: Field Guide. Cornell, 2001
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