Geositta

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Miners
Slender-billed miner (Geositta tenuirostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Furnariidae
Genus:	Geositta Swainson, 1837
Species
11, see text

Geositta is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. They are known as miners (not to be confused with the unrelated miners, Manorina, of Australia) due to the tunnels they dig for nesting. There are 11 species including the campo miner (Geositta poeciloptera) which was formerly classified in a genus of its own, Geobates. They inhabit open country in South America, particularly the Andean and Patagonian regions. They are ground-dwelling birds, somewhat resembling the larks and wheatears of other continents. They are mostly drab brown in coloration and often have a fairly long and slender bill.

Species list[]

The genus contains 11 species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Geositta peruviana	Coastal miner	Peru.
	Geositta cunicularia	Common miner	Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, parts of Peru and Bolivia and in southernmost Brazil.
	Geositta tenuirostris	Slender-billed miner	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
	Geositta antarctica	Short-billed miner	Santa Cruz Province and Tierra del Fuego
	Geositta isabellina	Creamy-rumped miner	Argentina and Chile.
	Geositta saxicolina	Dark-winged miner	Peru.
	Geositta maritima	Greyish miner	Chile and Peru
	Geositta punensis	Puna miner	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
	Geositta rufipennis	Rufous-banded miner	Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.
	Geositta poeciloptera	Campo miner	Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia
	Geositta crassirostris	Thick-billed miner	Peru.

References[]

• Jaramillo, Alvaro; Burke, Peter & Beadle, David (2003) Field Guide to the Birds of Chile, Christopher Helm, London
• South American Classification Committee (2007) A classification of the bird species of South America, part 6. Retrieved 08/06/07.

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