Eye-ringed Thistletail (Asthenes palpebralis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Near Concepcion, Junin

Identification & Behavior: ~19 cm (7.4 in). The Eye-ringed Thistletail has rufous-brown upperparts and crown. The underparts and superciliary are grayish. It has an orange chin patch. The tail is long strongly graduated and wispy. It has a diagnostic broad and white eye-ring. It forages in humid scrub and forest edges generally near treeline. It is similar to the Azara’s Spinetail but is distinguished by uniform rufous brown upperparts and crown, by a diagnostic white and broad eye-ring, and by ranging at higher elevations.

Status: Endemic. The Eye-ringed Thistletail is restricted to a very small range on the east slope of the Andes in Junin at elevations ranging between 3000-3700 m.

Name in Spanish: Cola-Cardo de Ojo Anillado.

Sub-species: Eye-ringed Thistletail (Asthenes palpebralis), Cabanis, 1873.

Meaning of Name: Asthenes: Gr. a= a negative prefix and sthenos= power. asthenes= insignificant, powerless. palpebralis: L. palpebral= eyelid, palpebralis= of the eyelids.

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References:

- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.

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