Puna Thistletail

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

The Puna Thistletail is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Puna Thistletail (Schizoeaca helleri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Peru and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Schizoeaca helleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

Puna Thistletail is restricted to a limited geographic distribution within the Bolivian and Peruvian upper yungas Endemic Bird Area (EBA 055, Stattersfield et al. 1998). The species was first collected at Cedrobamba, near Cusco, Peru (Chapman 1923) and has an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 15,000 km² (Birdlife International 2008). Currently known from the Vilcabamba-Ururbamba region, of central and southern dept. of Cusco in southern Peru, south through Limbani and Sandia in the dept. of Puno, to dept. More

The Puna Thistletail is a small but slender furnariid restricted to elfin forest/upper cloud forest tree-line habitat. Like all members of the genus, it is readily identifiable from other Furnariids by its long, deeply forked and thin graduated tail that often appears ‘worn’. Individuals from all populations show an indistinct white supercilium behind the eye, either rufous or white chin colour, black upper throat, and have dark-rufescent upperparts. More

The Puna Thistletail (Schizoeaca helleri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Peru and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. More

The Puna Thistletail (Schizoeaca helleri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Peru and Bolivia. More

found, Its call is quite different from Puna Thistletail, why it is likely to be considered a good species when the taxon is described, The road start hitting some cloud forest around 2800 meters and we shall look out for Black-hooded Mountain Toucan. Light-crowned Spinetail is also a possibility here. We will camp slightly higher than Limbani at the village of Pahre. Day 3. Pahre-Tiraca-Jarahuaña. We will be able to get with the vehicle to around 3800m. More