Today's bird is extremely exciting. It's the White-Browed Tit-Spinetail! I often joked with my bird guide, Jose Antonio, that South American birds have WAY too many names. Saying White-Browed Tit-Spinetail is not the same as saying Blue Jay. It also takes awhile to type...Anyway, the White-Browed Tit-Spine Tail is what's called an Endemic bird. It means that it's only found in one country. They're a special treat to get to see them and usually you have to go to some far-flung place; they're not just hopping around town waiting to be seen.
We hiked 8 miles to see this (and a lot of other birds) at the Royal Cinclodes Polylepis Preserve near Abra Malaga, Peru on June 16, 2012.
And just to show you what endemic looks like, here's the range map for the White-Browed Tit-Spinetail (one more time!) care of the Endangered Species Program at the US Fish and Wildlife Department (
see the map and other relevant information here)
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