Perija Thistletail - BirdForum Opus

Asthenes perijana

Schizoeaca perijana

Identification

19 cm. Long, pointed tail. Uniform greyish-brown, with long greyish supercilium. Cinnamon-buff chin spot. Chestnut-edged wing-coverts. Long, pointed, graduated, light brown tail feathers.

Distribution

It only occurs in the Sierra de Perijá on the border of Colombia and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

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

Habitat

Shrubby vegetation.

Behaviour

Birds are often seen in pairs, foraging for arthropods and occasionally berries.

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 Schizoeaca

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