Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland, shrubland. Also, pastureland, arable land. From 2,500 - 4,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru.

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 (1)...)

Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris) [XC826649]
by id from El Infiernillo, Taf\u00ed del Valle, Tucum\u00e1n, Argentina (alarm call, flight call)

Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris) [XC764601]
by Eduardo Quintanilla from Catamarca: La Silleta, Argentina (flight call)

Subspecies
Plumage characteristics suggest most closely related to Common Miner (Geositta cunicularia). Separation of the two in conventional linear sequences is a result of overemphasis on bill morphology in traditional taxonomy. Some specimens from north-western Peru (Cajamarca) intermediate between nominate subspecies and kalimayae.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

kalimayae Krabbe, 1992 - Andes of central Ecuador (Cotopaxi).
tenuirostris (Lafresnaye, 1836) - Andes of Peru (Cajamarca south to Arequipa in west, and south from Hu�nuco on eastern slope), Bolivia and north-western Argentina (south to Tucum�n; one record La Rioja).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris) - 10 files

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