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The Vilcabamba thistletail is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 18.5 to 22 g (0.65 to 0.78 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brownish face with a paler brown forehead and wide supercilium. Their crown is brownish faintly spotted with black. Their back and rump are brownish and their wings dark brown with rufous edges to the feathers. Their tail is a paler but more rufescent brown than the back; it is long and deeply forked with few barbs at the feather ends that give a ragged appearance. Voice: The Volcabamba thistletail's main song is "several clear, slightly rising notes that progressively increase in speed...into a fast trill...and then ends on a single slightly lower-pitched note." Another song is "short, fast bursts of 3-4 strongly overslurred notes". Its main call is a short "pyeek".
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When to see the Vilcabamba Thistletail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Vilcabamba Thistletail
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About the Vilcabamba Thistletail
The Vilcabamba thistletail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the Vilcabamba Mountains of Peru.
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Easily confused with
Ayacucho ThistletailAsthenes ayacuchensisThe Ayacucho thistletail is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long.
Dark-winged CanasteroAsthenes arequipaeThe dark-winged canastero is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long and weighs 17.5 to 24 g (0.62 to 0.85 oz).
Pale-tailed CanasteroAsthenes huancavelicaeThe pale-tailed canastero is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long and weighs 17.5 to 24 g (0.62 to 0.85 oz).
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