Plain Softtail
Thripophaga fuscicepsSclater, PL, 1889
English (US) Plain Softtail
The Plain Softtail (Thripophaga fusciceps) 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.
- Scientific name
- Thripophaga fusciceps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Plain Softtail
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1889
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha
- Thripophaga fusciceps obidensis
- Thripophaga fusciceps fusciceps
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1889
- Type locality
- Bolivia; restricted to the mouth of the Rio Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia, by Bond and de Schauensee, 1941, p. 2.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889, pt.1 p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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