Andean Tit-Spinetail - BirdForum Opus

Leptasthenura andicola

Photo by Sam Woods
El Cajas NP, Ecuador, February 2010

Identification

Strong supercilium, strongly streaked on head and back, grey, faintly streaked underparts, long, graduated and forked tail.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• L. a. extima:

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)

• L. a. exterior:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia (Boyacá)

• L. a. andicola:

• Central Andes of Colombia and Ecuador

• L. a. certhia:

• Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida and Trujillo)

• L. a. peruviana:

• Andes of Peru to northern Bolivia (La Paz)

Habitat

Moist montanes, high-altitude shrub and grassland.

Behaviour

Food is mostly insects caught by gleaning from grasses, small bushes or even from the ground.

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.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Andean Tit-Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Andean_Tit-Spinetail

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