Cinereous Conebill - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies littorale
Photo © by Luis R
Lluta River, Arica, Chile, December 2017

Conirostrum cinereum

Identification

Photo © by Wilson Diaz
Sangal. Cajamarca, Peru, 20 August 2020

12–12·5 cm (4¾-5 in)

• Grey upperparts
• White supercilium
• Blackish wings
• L-shaped wing-patch
• Pale grey underparts
• Buffy belly

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• C. c. fraseri:

• Central and eastern Andes of south-western Colombia and Andes of Ecuador

• C. c. littorale:

• West slope of Western Andes of Peru to northern Chile

• C. c. cinereum:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru and western Bolivia

Habitat

Intermontane valleys between 2500-4200m, also mixed agricultural areas and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of small insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Lepage D. (2020) - Avibase. Retrieved 29 September 2020
3. Chavez, A. N. (2020). Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cincon1.01
4. Arthur Grosset
5. Birdforum member personal observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinereous Conebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinereous_Conebill

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