Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Tamarugo Conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) - HBW 16, p. 264

French: Conirostre des tamarugos German: Rotstirn-Spitzschnabel Spanish: Conirrostro de Tamarugal

Taxonomy: Conirostrum tamarugense Johnson and Millie, 1972, in the northern area of the recently developed Tamarugo plantations which extend on either side of the Panamerican Highway in Lat. 20°30', Tarapacá, Chile.
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. Monotypic.

Distribution: SW Peru (arid highlands in Arequipa, Moquequa and Tacna) and N Chile (S, patchily, to Tarapacá).