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Anairetes parulus

Photo by pablo
Nahuel Huapi National Park, Rio Negro, Argentina, January 2006

[edit] Identification

• Thin black crest curling forwards
• Streaked underparts
• Pale yelow eye

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• A. p. aequatorialis:

• Andes of southern Colombia to northern Argentina (Salta and Jujuy)

• A. p. patagonicus:

• Western Argentina (southern Mendoza to northern Santa Cruz)

• A. p. parulus:

• Andes of Chile and south-western Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

[edit] Habitat

Cloud forest and forest edges, farmland, gardens and parks.

[edit] Behaviour

[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. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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