Plain-breasted earthcreeper
Appearance
Plain-breasted earthcreeper | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Upucerthia |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | U. v. jelskii
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Trinomial name | |
Upucerthia validirostris jelskii (Cabanis, 1874)
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Synonyms | |
Upucerthia jelskii |
The plain-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris jelskii) is a bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It has been lumped together with the buff-breasted earthcreeper based on song, continuous song, duet, and call.
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Marcapomacocha lagoon, Junin, Peru
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Lauricocha Province, Peru
References
[edit]- Areta, J.I. & M. Pearman. 2013. Species limits and clinal variation in a widespread high Andean Furnariid: the Buff-breasted Earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris). Condor 115:131-143.