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Lafresnaya lafresnayi

Photo by Valere CLAVERIE
Location: Santuario National del Ampay, Apurimac, Peru

Photo by Robert Scanlon
Location: Santa Marta Mts, Colombia (most likely of subspecies liriope)

[edit] Identification

White outer tail feathers, curved bill, males are black below, females and immatures are speckled, with white bellies.

[edit] Distribution

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Five or six subspecies are recognized: lafresnayi, liriope, greenewalti, saul, rectirostris, and some authorities recognize tamae.

[edit] Habitat

High altitudes

[edit] Behaviour

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