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Photo by iainp
The Paramo, Andes, Venezuela, April 2010

Schizoeaca coryi

Identification

This is a monotypic species¹.

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

High altitude grassland (paramo); observed at heights around 3,500 m.

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
Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Schizoeaca