White-browed Conebill (Conirostrum ferrugineiventre)

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

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco

white-browed_conebill
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco

white-browed_conebill
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco


Identification & Behavior: ~12 cm (4.7 in). The White-browed Conebill has gray upperparts and rufous underparts. It has a broad and long white superciliary and dusky malar stripe. Both sexes are similar. It forages in humid montane forest, montane scrub, and elfin forest, almost always with mixed species flocks. It is similar to a Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager but is distinguished by a broad white superciliary and smaller size. Also, see Blue-backed Conebill.

Status: The Blue-browed Conebill is uncommon in montane forests and scrub of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2600-4100 m. It also occurs in Bo.

Name in Spanish: Pico-de-Cono de Ceja Blanca.

Sub-species: White-browed Conebill (Conirostrum ferrugineiventre), P. L. Sclater, 1855.

Meaning of Name: Conirostrum: L. conus= cone and rostrum= bill. ferrugineiventre: L. ferrugo, ferruginis= iron rust, ferrugineus= rusty and venter, ventris= belly.

See more of the Family Thraupidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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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.