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Asthenes berlepschi

[edit] Identification

16.5 cm

• Upperparts dull brown (greyer on nape)
• Pale rufous rump and uppertail coverts
• Dusky tail with pale rufous outer rectrices
• Dusky wings with faint rufous bar at the base of primaries and rufous edging to wing coverts
• Faint pale supercilium
• Pale cinnamon chin patch
• Pale ochraceous underparts with weak scaling on breast
• Rufous-chestnut flanks and vent
• Stout dark bill

[edit] Distribution

Andes of western Bolivia (Nevado Illampu region in La Paz).

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude shrubland and rural gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It nests in trees.

[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.
2. BirdLife International
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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