Vilcabamba Thistletail
Asthenes vilcabambae(Vaurie, C; Weske, JS; Terborgh, JW, 1972)
English (US) Vilcabamba Thistletail
The Vilcabamba Thistletail (Asthenes vilcabambae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern Peru (Cordillera Vilcabamba in Cusco)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Asthenes vilcabambae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vilcabamba Thistletail
- Described by
- (Vaurie, C; Weske, JS; Terborgh, JW, 1972)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Schizoeaca fuliginosa vilcabambae
- Described by
- (Vaurie, C; Weske, JS; Terborgh, JW, 1972)
- Type locality
- Cordillera de Vilcabamba, 12°36'S, 73°30'W, Cuzco, Perú.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 92 p.143 [142-144]
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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