White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa
White-chinned Thistletail, Papallacta Pass, Napo, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image Ecuador and Peru

The White-chinned Thistletail is distributed in the Andes from extreme western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to central Peru. It is found in shrubby undergrowth near the treeline and in Polylepis woodland mainly between 2,800 and 4,000 metres.

White-chinned Thistletail, Papallacta Pass, Napo, Ecuador, November 2019 - click for larger image It is distinguished by its greyish or white supercilium, its chestnut upperparts and its long tail. The iris can range between brown and white.
White-chinned Thistletail, Abra Calla Calla, Cajamarca, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image

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