Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Matarani, Arequipa
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quebrada Guerrero, Arequipa
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Quebrada Guerrero, Arequipa
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Tacna | Arequipa
Status: The Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail is uncommon on the west slope of southern Peru at elevations of nearly sea level up to 2000 m. It also occurs in the Titicaca basin where appears to be rare. The Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail also occurs in Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Tijeral de Manto Llano.
Sub-species: Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura aegithaloides grisescens), Hellmayr, 1925. Coastal slope of S Peru (Arequipa S to Tacna) and N Chile (Tarapacá S to Atacama).
(Leptasthenura aegithaloides berlepschi), E. Hartert, 1909. Andes of S Peru (C Puno, E Tacna), N Chile (Tarapacá, Antofagasta), W Bolivia (La Paz S to Potosí) and NW Argentina (Jujuy S to Catamarca).
Meaning of Name: Leptasthenura: Gr. leptos= thin and asthenes = weak and oura= tail. aegithaloides: Genus Aegithalos Hermann, 1804, long-tailed tit and oides= resembling. One that resembles a member of the genus Aegithalos.

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- 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.