White-chinned thistletail

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White-chinned thistletail
White-chinned Thistletail - Ecuador S4E4517.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Asthenes
Species:
A. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Asthenes fuliginosa
(Lafresnaye, 1843)
Subspecies

See text

Asthenes fuliginosa map.svg
Synonyms

Schizoeaca fuliginosa<

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.

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[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Asthenes fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22702217A130273037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22702217A130273037.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ridgely, Robert and Paul Greenfield. The Birds of Ecuador. Volume II: Field Guide. Cornell, 2001


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