Itatiaia Spinetail - BirdForum Opus

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Asthenes moreirae

Oreophylax moreirae, Schizoeaca moreirae

Photo by megan perkins
Location: Aghulas Negras, Itatiaia, SE Brazil

Distribution

South America: found in the high mountains of south-eastern Brazil (southern Espírito Santo to north-eastern São Paulo)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Moved to genus Asthenes by Clements (2010)¹ and IOC (2010)².

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Oreophylax

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Itatiaia Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Itatiaia_Spinetail

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