Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
White-chinned Thistletail (Schizoeaca fuliginosa) - HBW 8, p. 271
French: Synallaxe à menton blanc
German: Weißkinn-Distelschwanz
Spanish: Piscuiz Barbiblanco
Other common names: Andean Thistletail, White-chinned Spinetail
Taxonomy: Synnalaxis [sic] fuliginosus Lafresnaye, 1843, Colombia = Bogotá.
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. Is almost certainly paraphyletic with regard to S. griseomurina (distribution of which it brackets to the N and S), which is almost certainly more closely related to a parapatric race (probably nominate) of present species than are latter’s N and S groups to each other; nominate race shares with that sp.. View all taxonomy...
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. Is almost certainly paraphyletic with regard to S. griseomurina (distribution of which it brackets to the N and S), which is almost certainly more closely related to a parapatric race (probably nominate) of present species than are latter’s N and S groups to each other; nominate race shares with that species a plumage feature (white eyering) not found in S races peruviana and plengei. Diagnosability of fumigata doubted by some authors, but specimens are readily distinguishable by back colour alone. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fuliginosa (Lafresnaye, 1843) - W Venezuela (SW Táchira), Colombia (E Andes S to Cundinamarca) and Ecuador (S on W slope to Pichincha and on E slope to NW Morona-Santiago).
- fumigata Borrero, 1960 - C Andes of Colombia (S Caldas S to Nariño).
- peruviana Cory, 1916 - Andes of N Peru (Amazonas).
- plengei O’Neill & Parker, 1976 - Andes of C Peru (San Martín S to Pasco).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling from a branch Locality Bosque Unchog, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp plengei)
herve jacob 29 November 2010 40 weeks ago 7 sec 4
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A bird perched in a bush.
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp fuliginosa)
Nick Athanas 16 May 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
on a branch
Locality Bosque Unchog, Huánuco Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 1 December 2009 48 weeks ago 4 -
in paramo vegetation
Locality Sumapaz Paramo, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 20 May 2012 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.8 -
in paramo vegetation
Locality Sumapaz Paramo, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 20 May 2012 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.4
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calls Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp fuliginosa)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 15 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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