Pardusco (Nephelornis oneilli)

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

pardusco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Unchog, Huanuco

Identification & Behavior: ~13.5 cm (5.3 in). The Pardusco is non-descript, brown overall. The upperparts are darker than the underparts. It has lighter brown wing bars and yellowish lower mandible. It forages in humid montane scrub, tall shrubs, and even in semi-open grasslands with scattered bushes. It forages in a restless manner in family groups, as well as, in the company of mixed species flocks. It resembles a female or juvenile Rusty Flowerpiercer, but the bill structure is very different.

Status: Endemic. The Pardusco is uncommon in montane scrub, elfin forest, and open grasslands with scattered shrubs on the east-central Andes at elevations ranging between 3000-3800 m.

Name in Spanish: Pardusco.

Sub-species: Pardusco (Nephelornis oneilli), Lowery and Tallman, 1976.

Meaning of Name: Nephelornis: Gr. Nephele= cloud and ornis, ornithos= bird. oneilli: In honor of John Patton O’Neill (b. 1942) US ornithologist, field-worker, bird artist.

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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 03/01/2016.

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