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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               Spencer
            
               Macaulay
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