Plain-breasted earthcreeper
Plain-breasted earthcreeper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Class: | Aves
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Order: | Passeriformes
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Family: | Furnariidae
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Genus: | |
Species: | U. validirostris
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Trinomial name | |
Upucerthia validirostris jelskii (Cabanis, 1874)
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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.
Marcapomacocha lagoon, Junin, Peru
Lauricocha Province, Peru
References[]
- 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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Upucerthia validirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103670909A112278376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103670909A112278376.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Upucerthia
- Birds described in 1874
- Birds of the Altiplano
- Birds of Peru
- Furnariidae stubs