Habitat
Plantations or isolated patches of mature tamarugo trees Prosopis tamarugo, riverine scrub, agricultural land and citrus groves. From sea-level - 4,050 m.
Tamarugo Conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) [XC26216]
by Alvaro Jaramillo from Chaca Valley, Arica and Parinacota Region XV, Chile (song)
Tamarugo Conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) [XC3025]
by A. Bennett Hennessey from Tile, Chile (call, song)
Subspecies
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Oreomanes as sister-group.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum) lacks rufous on throat, and has white eyebrow.
References
See References.