Mouse-colored Thistletail (Asthenes griseomurina)

Other Scientific Names
Schizoeaca griseomurina [BirdLife International (2004, 2008)], Schizoeaca griseomurina [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Schizoeaca griseomurina [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Mouse-colored Thistletail, Mouse-coloured Thistletail

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
18.50 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1882)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland. From 2,150 - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Andes of southern Ecuador (southern from Azuay and Morona-Santiago) and northern Peru (Piura, Cajamarca).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (52)...)

Mouse-colored Thistletail (Asthenes griseomurina) [XC207189]
by Jerome Fischer from Cajanuma, Podocarpus NP, Ecuador (call)

Mouse-colored Thistletail (Asthenes griseomurina) [XC841819]
by Andrew Spencer from Loja: Acacana, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

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 individual species-level taxa in Furnariidae. Almost certainly paraphyletic with regard to White-chinned Thistletail (Asthenes fuliginosa) (which brackets its distribution to northern and south). Probably closest to latter's nominate subspecies, sharing with it the feature of a white eyering.

References
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