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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[South America]]: [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Argentina]]  
 
[[South America]]: [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Argentina]]  

Revision as of 20:55, 27 October 2017

Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Portillo, Central Andes, Chile, September 2007
Muscisaxicola frontalis

Identification

Juvenile
Photo by rdavis
Andes, east of Santiago, Chile, January 2011

18 cm (7 in)

  • Black forehead and central crown
  • White lores
  • Ash grey upper parts
  • Blackish back
  • Black upper tail-coverts
  • Dirty white under parts
  • White under tail coverts
  • Black wings
  • Black tail, whitish outer webs of external rectrices
  • Bill: blackish, long and little bent tipped

Distribution

South America: Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

High-altitude dry alpine tundra, observed at heights around 3200 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and they possibly also eat some cactus fruits too.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2016)
  4. Wikipedia

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