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Photographed in central Chile by Juan Tassara

Mimus thenca

[edit] Identification

28 cm, slender and long tailed bird with a brownish grey plumage and a broad white supercilium, dark eyeline, white throat bordered by 2 dark stripes, buff grey breast, streaked flanks, dark grey bill and legs.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Central Chile.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Dry shrubland, scrubby areas, farmland and forest edge to 2200m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Arthur Grosset

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