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Asthenes palpebralis

Schizoeaca palpebralis

[edit] Identification

• Chestnut brown above
• Grey below
• Chestnut brown head and wings
• Rusty orange chin patch
• Prominent broad white eye-ring
• Very long, deeply forked and thin rufous tail
• Sexes alike

[edit] Distribution

Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Moved to genus Asthenes by Clements (2010)^[1] and IOC (2010)^[1].

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude grassland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. neotropical.birds.cornell
4. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Schizoeaca
5. Wikipedia

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