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Cinereous Conebill

Conirostrum cinereum

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandCup nestTiny · 9 g
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 1
Photo: Darío De la Fuente · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 2
Photo: Monics Paredes · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 3
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 4
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 5
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 6
Photo: Nico · CC0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 7
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 8
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 9
Photo: Lio Torrez · CC BY 4.0
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum), photo 10
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · CC BY 4.0

What the Cinereous Conebill sounds like

Sonogram of the Cinereous Conebill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Cinereous Conebill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Pasochoa, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Cinereous Conebill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Tungurahua: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Cordillera de los Llanganates, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Cinereous Conebill

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cinereous Conebill

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador Chile Bolivia Colombia

About the Cinereous Conebill

The cinereous conebill is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Its range extends from south-western Colombia et northern Chile and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Chestnut-vented Conebill (Conirostrum speciosum) Chestnut-vented ConebillConirostrum speciosumThe chestnut-vented conebill is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons) Capped ConebillConirostrum albifronsThe capped conebill is 13-14 cm long and weighs 11.7-21.5 g. Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor) Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolorThe blue-backed conebill is a small bird, weighing 11-13g.

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