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White-chinned Thistletail
Asthenes fuliginosa (Lafresnaye, 1843)
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
White-chinned Thistletail, Asthenes fuliginosa, is a passerine ovenbird of the Furnariidae family that breeds from western Venezuela to central Peru. It is a bird of the high Andes, where it lives in páramo grassland, elfin forest, the upper fringe of cloudforest, and thick growth near the tree line, and it also uses Polylepis woodland in some places. It is a resident all year. The species is the largest thistletail, and the sexes look alike. Its range includes Colombia and Ecuador, with separate subspecies occupying different parts of the Andes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: w Venezuela to c Peru
