Eye-ringed Thistletail

Eye-ringed ThistletailThis thistletail is reported as restricted to the eastern Andes of Peru’s Junín region. The pictured bird is of unknown sex; its broad white eye-ring and long graduated tail are conspicuous.What does it look like?The bird pictured in the account is of unknown sex. It has a rusty head and back, gray underparts, a broad white eye-ring, and a long graduated tail with stiff tips.How does it live?This thistletail is reported as restricted to the eastern Andes of Peru’s Junín region. The pictured bird is of unknown sex; its broad white eye-ring and long graduated tail are conspicuous.It occurs in humid scrub and forest edges near the upper tree line.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.