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The Perija thistletail is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 16 to 21 g (0.56 to 0.74 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a faint grayish supercilium. Their crown, back, rump, and tail are grayish olive-brown. Their wings are grayish olive-brown with chestnut on the coverts and the base of the flight feathers. Their tail is long and deeply forked with few barbs at the feather ends that give a ragged appearance. Their chin has a cinnamon-buff patch. Their throat and the rest of their underparts are brownish gray. Voice: The Perija thistletail's song is "some 3-5 drawn out high-pitched 'pee' notes followed by a short descending dry trill".
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When to see the Perija Thistletail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Perija Thistletail
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Perija Thistletail
The Perija thistletail 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.
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Easily confused with
Maquis CanasteroAsthenes heteruraThe maquis canastero is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 13 to 14 g (0.46 to 0.49 oz).
Scribble-tailed CanasteroAsthenes maculicaudaThe scribble-tailed canastero is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs about 19 g (0.67 oz).
Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniHudsons' canastero is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long.
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