White-chinned Thistletail
Asthenes fuliginosa
(L 6.5-6.75" Wt 0.49 to 0.71 oz)
Papallacta Pass
19Jan2011
Small distribution in Ecuador
...at 2800-3500 m.
Asthenes is Greek for insignificant;
fuliginosa means full of soot.
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