Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior) [XC249477]
by Peter Boesman from Tungurahua: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Cordillera de los Llanganates, Ecuador (call, song)
Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior) [XC273752]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Nevada del Ruiz, Caldas\/Tolima border region, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Cinclodes excelsior (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior) and Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) following SACC (2005).
Sometimes placed in genus Geositta, and in the past in Upucerthia, but plumage, wing-raising display and foraging behaviour favour inclusion in present genus. Formerly treated as conspecific with Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae), but differs in, especially, plumage and in micro-habitat use.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
columbianus (Chapman, 1912) - Central Andes of Colombia (Tolima).
excelsior (Sclater, 1860) - Andes from extreme south-western Colombia (Nariņo) south to southern Ecuador (northern Azuay).