Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum) - HBW 16, p. 262
French: Conirostre cendré
German: Weißstirn-Spitzschnabel
Spanish: Conirrostro Cinéreo
Other common names: Fraser’s Conebill (fraseri)
Taxonomy: Conirostrum cinereum d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838, Yungas, Bolivia.
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Oreomanes as sister-group. Coastal race littorale, differing from others in plumage, may merit recognition as a separate species; replaced at higher elevations in Peruvian Andes by nominate, and apparently no intergrades known. N race fraseri differs even more from nominate, and may likewise represent a separate species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fraseri P. L. Sclater, 1859 - Colombia in S part of C & E Andes (Cauca) S to S Ecuador.
- littorale Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - W & NE Peru (W coast and W slope of Andes from Cajamarca, and E slope of Andes in upper Marañón Valley) S to N Chile (Tarapacá).
- cinereum d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838 - C highlands and tree-line on E slope of Andes in Peru (from Huánuco) S to N Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Potosí) and N Chile.
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A bird in a tree, feeding on a caterpillar Locality Machu Picchu, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp cinereum)
Keith Blomerley 30 November 2004 6 years ago 13 sec 4.3 -
A male in a bush calling and flying away Locality Azapa Valley, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (ssp littorale)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2003 7 years ago 14 sec 3.9 -
A female feeding on a bush Locality Azapa Valley, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (ssp littorale)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2003 7 years ago 16 sec 3.3 -
An individual foraging in the top of a small tree Locality Chaca Valley, Tarapacá Region, Chile (ssp littorale)
Greg Baker 12 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 22 sec 2.7
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Perched on top of a bush.
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp fraseri)
Nick Athanas 24 April 2011 41 weeks ago 4 -
One adult bird perched.
Locality Cusco Department, Peru
Carlos Gussoni 8 November 2011 11 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird searching for preys on a olive tree
Locality Lima Department, Peru (ssp littorale)
Juan A Malo de Molina 7 February 2009 2 years ago 3.4 -
Individual adult.
Locality La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp cinereum)
Bruno Salaroli 21 weeks ago 3 -
On a flower
Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp fraseri)
oleicfrisbee 35 weeks ago 3 -
A perched bird.
Locality Arica, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (ssp littorale)
Ken Havard 19 November 2006 1 year ago 3
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foraging calls Locality Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp fraseri)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 7 December 2009 2 years ago 2
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