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Female
Photo by BirdsPeru
Chosica, Lima, Peru, October 2005

Catamenia analis

[edit] Identification

Male: Upperparts dark grey to bluish-grey, white speculum, paler grey underparts, rufous vent, stubby, yellow, conical bill, white band at the base of the tail.
Female is streaked, has reddish-brown on wings, and two pale wing bars.

[edit] Distribution

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

Male, which probably looks a little too blue
Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Putre (at 3500m), Northern Chile September 2008

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 7 subspecies:

• C. a. alpica:

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)

• C. a. schistaceifrons:

• Eastern Andes of central Colombia

• C. a. soederstromi:

• Andes of northern Ecuador (Imbabura to Chimborazo)

• C. a. insignis:

• Eastern slope of Andes of Peru (Cajamarca to Ancash)

• C. a. analoides:

• Western slope of Andes of Peru (Piura to Ayacucho)

• C. a. griseiventris:

• Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco)

• C. a. analis (subinsignis):

• Andes of northern Chile to central Bolivia and north-western Argentina

Juvenile Male (probably race analoides on range)
Photo by Peter de Haas
Huaraz, Peru, january 2007

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude scrub and dry places at 2000-4000m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Their diet mainly consists of seeds.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. Arthur Grosset
5. BF Member Observations

• List of references

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