Perija Thistletail

Asthenes perijana

Endangered

The Perija Thistletail is a thistletail of high-Andean grassland and scrub in Colombia and Venezuela. It skulks low through high-Andean grass and scrub, gleaning insects, its long tail trailing behind. Classified as Endangered, it is threatened mainly by the loss and fragmentation of its habitat. Fun fact: Many members of this family build extraordinary nests, from mud ovens to huge stick castles and tunnels dug in earth banks.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Perija Thistletail Range — High-Andean grassland and scrub of Colombia and Venezuela

Population

≈ Not quantified (declining)

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