Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum) [XC548314]
by Nunes-de-Almeida from Quito, Calder\u00f3n, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum) [XC388819]
by Nunes-de-Almeida from Cabanaconde, Caylloma, Arequipa, Peru (call)
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. Coastal subspecies littorale, differing from others in plumage, may merit recognition as a separate species. Replaced at higher elevations in Peruvian Andes by nominate, and apparently no intergrades known. Northern subspecies fraseri differs even more from nominate, and may likewise represent a separate species.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
fraseri Sclater, PL, 1859 - Colombia in southern part of central and eastern Andes (Cauca) south to southern Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Ochraceous Conebill (Conirostrum fraseri).
littorale von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - Western and north-eastern Peru (western coast and western slope of Andes from Cajamarca, and eastern slope of Andes in upper Marañón Valley) south to northern Chile (Tarapacá).
cinereum Lafresnaye & d'Orbigny, 1838 - Central highlands and tree-line on eastern slope of Andes in Peru (from Huánuco) south to northern Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Potosí) and northern Chile.
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