Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Cuzco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Western Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Canta, Loma
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Camana|Huaraz
Status: The Cinereous Conebill is uncommon and widespread on the coastal lowlands, west slope and inter-Andean valleys from sea level to up to 4200 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Pico-de-Cono Cinéreo.
Sub-species: Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum littorale), Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1896. W & NE Peru (W coast and W slope of Andes from Cajamarca, and E slope of Andes in upper Marañón Valley) S to N Chile (Tarapacá).
(Conirostrum cinereum cinereum), d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838. C highlands and tree-line on E slope of Andes in Peru (from Huánuco) S to N Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Potosí) and N Chile.
Meaning of Name: Conirostrum: L. conus= cone and rostrum= bill. cinereum: L. cinis, cineris= ashes. Cinereus= ash-grey, ash-coloured.
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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 03/01/2016.