Scale-throated earthcreeper
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Upucerthia |
| Species: | U. dumetaria
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| Upucerthia dumetaria I. Geoffroy, 1832
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The scale-throated earthcreeper or scaly-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia dumetaria) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and the Altiplano; it winters in the Pampas and east of Córdoba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. They build their nests at the end of tunnels measuring between one and two meters. These tunnels are almost exclusively based on slopes; however, rock crevices are occasionally used.[2] It formerly included the Patagonian forest earthcreeper (U. saturatior) as a subspecies.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Upucerthia dumetaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22736290A95129638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22736290A95129638.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ [1] Scale-throated Earthcreeper
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Upucerthia
- Birds of Argentina
- Birds of the Puna grassland
- Birds described in 1832
- Furnariidae stubs