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Perija Thistletail

Asthenes perijana

Classification

Class
Aves

The Perija thistletail (Asthenes perijana) is an Endangered species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The Perija thistletail was long treated as a subspecies of the white-chinned thistletail (then Schizoeaca fuliginosa, now Asthenes fuliginosa) but was eventually separated as a species.

Distribution

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