Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Giant Conebill (Oreomanes fraseri) - HBW 16, p. 267
French: Conirostre géant
German: Riesenspitzschnabel
Spanish: Conirrostro Gigante
Taxonomy: Oreomanes fraseri P. L. Sclater, 1860, Panza, 14,000 feet [c. 4265 m], Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Conirostrum as its sister. Genus sometimes subsumed in latter; hybrid between this species and Conirostrum ferrugineiventre also suggests close relationship. Geographical variation minor, partly clinal, and with checkerboard pattern, in general bill length increasing from N to S, plumage becoming paler from N to S, and differences in facial plumage varying independently of geographical location (and often much variation within a single population); pro.. View all taxonomy...
Has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Conirostrum as its sister. Genus sometimes subsumed in latter; hybrid between this species and Conirostrum ferrugineiventre also suggests close relationship. Geographical variation minor, partly clinal, and with checkerboard pattern, in general bill length increasing from N to S, plumage becoming paler from N to S, and differences in facial plumage varying independently of geographical location (and often much variation within a single population); proposed races binghami (described from Cedrobamba Ruins, near Machu Picchu, at timber-line in SE Peru) and sturninus (from Finca Salo, at c. 3960 m in Potosí, in Bolivia) considered undiagnosable. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme S Colombia (volcanoes on border) S in high Andes to Ecuador (S to Azuay and N Loja), and NC Peru S to extreme N Chile (Tarapacá), Bolivia and NW Argentina.
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A bird in a Polylepis tree, foraging Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2003 7 years ago 36 sec 4 -
rear and side views Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 August 2006 1 year ago 14 sec 3.8 -
Two birds in the polylepis woods. Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 19 October 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 3
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Adult bird, seen front-on, perched on a polyepis branch.
Locality Papallacta Lake, Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
Pia Öberg 31 August 2005 1 year ago 4.3 -
An adult perched in Polylepsis.
Locality Huascarán National Park, Ancash Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 5 June 2012 45 weeks ago 3.7 -
One adult bird perched.
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru
Carlos Gussoni 12 November 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
Pearched bird
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 15 August 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Male perched on Polylepis tree
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 1 year ago 2 -
A pair on a Polylepis tree.
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru
Diego R. Méndez 12 November 2011 18 sec ago ADDED TODAY! 0
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