From Opus

Photo by rekel
El Tatio Geysirs, northern Chile, November 2005

Agriornis montanus

[edit] Identification

Bill black and thinner than most congeners. In north undertail coverts and tail sides white while in central and southern Chile and Argentina, the nearest part of the tail sides are dark. Eye is pale in northern birds but may be dark in birds from southern Bolivia and south of there.

[edit] Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina

Vagrant to the Falkland Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

The scientific name has been spelled montana in the past.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• A. m. solitarius:

• Andes of Colombia and Ecuador

• A. m. insolens:

• Andes of Peru

• A. m. intermedius:

• Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Oruro) to northern Chile (Tarapacá)

• A. m. montanus:

• Andes of eastern and southern Bolivia and north-western Argentina (south to La Rioja)

• A. m. maritimus (A. m. leucura included herein):

• Andes of Chile and southern Argentina

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude shrubland, high-altitude grassland, and pastureland; can be seen at heights around 3,500m

[edit] Behaviour

Likes to perch on wires, buildings in villages, and rocks, but rarely on bushes.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia
3. BF Member observations
4. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8

• List of references

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