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Coastal Miner
jmorlan

Coastal Miner (Geositta peruviana rostrata)

We found this interesting Peruvian coastal endemic on the edge of a golf course. It foraged on the ground by running short distances and pausing while gleaning food from the ground. Almost nothing is known about the natural history of this enigmatic species.

Three races are recognized. This is the southernmost, and the largest and palest of the three with a larger bill. It is restricted to the Peruvian Region of Ica.

South American Miners build their nests by excavating tunnels in the earth. They are in the Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers), not to be confused with Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) of Australasia some of which are also called "Miners."
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Location
Paracas National Reserve, Pisco, Peru.
Date taken
15 December 2017
Scientific name
Geositta peruviana rostrata
Equipment used
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.
KC Foggin
Supporter
Just a heads up. Opus doesn't recognize 3 worded scientific names. Only 2 worded.
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
What a lovely picture you've taken of this little miner Joseph; a species we don't see coming in too often.

Very well done for finding him and many thanks for showing him to us.

KC is correct, on the surface, and The Opus does not recognise a three part scientific name, but we just need to do a Redirect and there are now many hundreds of such links working perfectly. It is very useful to know the subspecies, as where there are visual differences they can be placed on the article. Also if there's a split, it's easy to know which pictures can be moved.

Could you let me know which subspecies your one is, and I can edit your picture to add it to the scientific name field.

If you want to do your own Redirects it's a very simple process which I can show you.
 
Kits
A lovely alert pose and an interesting narrative, Joseph.
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
I'm back again Joseph, just to say that I've now included this picture on The Opus article.

Many thanks for sharing it with us lad.
 

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