Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Eye-ringed Thistletail (Schizoeaca palpebralis) - HBW 8, p. 272

French: Synallaxe à lunettes German: Brillen-Distelschwanz Spanish: Piscuiz de Anteojos
Other common names: Rufous-chinned Thistletail

Taxonomy: Schizoeaca palpebralis Cabanis, 1873, Maraynioc, Junín, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with other members of genus, as a series of non-overlapping mountain-top replacements, and all sometimes considered conspecific; their vocalizations seem fairly close, but plumage patterns differ to an extent not found within species-level taxa in the Furnariidae. Monotypic.

Distribution: Andes of C Peru (Junín).

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