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Eye-ringed Thistletail - BirdForum Opus

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Schizoeaca palpebralis

Identification

  • Chestnut brown above
  • Grey below
  • Chestnut brown head and wings
  • Rusty orange chin patch
  • Prominent broad white eye-ring
  • Very long, deeply forked and thin rufous tail
  • Sexes alike

Distribution

Peru.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

High-altitude grassland.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

References

  1. neotropical.birds.cornell
  2. Wikipedia

External Links

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