Ayacucho Thistletail (species: Asthenes ayacuchensis) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Asthenes ayacuchensis
Ayacucho Thistletail

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Furnariidae
Genus Asthenes
Species Asthenes ayacuchensis
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Distinguishing features

It is a little known thistletail found only in a small area of the high Andes east of the city of Ayacucho in southern Peru. It is brown above, gray below, with a long wispy tail and a reddish-orange chin patch. It has a darker chin patch than Vilcabamba Thistletail and Puna Thistletail, and is not known to overlap with either species. It inhabits scrub and stunted forest near treeline. Song is a rapid, high-pitched trill. (eBird)

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