Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior) [XC248666]
by Niels Krabbe from Pichincha: 1.5 km NW Papallacta Pass, Ecuador (song)
Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior) [XC401533]
by Julio Delgado from Nevado del Ruiz NP (Las Brisas), 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).