Greyish Miner (Geositta maritima)

Other Names (World)
Greyish Miner, Grayish Miner, Shore Miner

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland and high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 3,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Chile, Peru.

Western Peru (southern from Ancash) and northern Chile (south to Atacama).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Greyish Miner (Geositta maritima) [XC36957]
by Niels Krabbe from Arequipa: San Camillo, Peru (call, contact calls of a pair)

Greyish Miner (Geositta maritima) [XC3031]
by Niels Krabbe from Calama, Chile (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Possibly closest to Coastal Miner (Geositta peruviana), as suggested by some plumage similarities, small size and biogeography, but absence both of wingband and of rufous in tail unique within genus.

References
See References.

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