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Cistothorus apolinari

[edit] Identification

13cm

• Brown head
• Grey patches around the eyes
• Striped dark back and reddish tail.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• C. a. apolinari:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca)

• C. a. hernandezi :

• Paramo, central Colombia

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude grassland, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes spiders and small insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

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