White-chinned thistletail
The white-chinned thistletail or "Colicardo Barbiblanco" (Asthenes fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. 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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Asthenes |
| Species: | A. fuliginosa |
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| Asthenes fuliginosa (Lafresnaye, 1843) | |
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Schizoeaca fuliginosa | |
Description
18.5–19 cm in length. Chestnut-brown above with narrow white eye-ring and short pale grayish superciliary. Very long chestnut-rufous tail. Uniform gray below with whitish chin patch.[2]
Subspecies
The white-chinned thistletail has four subspecies:
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Asthenes fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Ridgely, Robert and Paul Greenfield. The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II: Field Guide. Cornell, 2001
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