Buff-breasted earthcreeper
Buff-breasted earthcreeper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Upucerthia |
Species: | U. validirostris
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Binomial name | |
Upucerthia validirostris (Burmeister, 1861)
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The buff-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found throughout the Puna grassland and mountains of northwestern Argentina.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It has been lumped together with the plain-breasted earthcreeper based on song, continuous song, duet, and call.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Upucerthia validirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103670909A112278376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103670909A112278376.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Upucerthia
- Birds of Argentina
- Birds of the Puna grassland
- Birds described in 1861
- Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister
- Furnariidae stubs