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Asthenes fuliginosa

Schizoeaca fuliginosa

Photo by lior kislev
Bousqe Unchog ,Huanaco, Peru, December 2009

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

Taxonomy

Moved to genus Asthenes by Clements (2010)^[1] and IOC (2010)^[1].

Subspecies^[1]

• A. f. fumigata:

• Central Andes of Colombia and both slopes of the Andes of northern Ecuador

• A. f. fuliginosa:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia and adjacent Andes of Venezuela (southern Táchira)

• A. f. peruviana:

• Andes of northern Peru (Amazonas and San Martín)

• A. f. plengei:

• Andes of Peru (Cordillera Carpish in Huánuco)

Habitat

Cloud forest, observed at heights of 3000 m.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Avibase
4. BF Member observations
5. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Schizoeaca

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-chinned Thistletail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-chinned_Thistletail

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