Alternative name: Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes
- Cinclodes taczanowskii
Identification
Mostly medium olive brown with paler wing bars, weak supercilium, pale throat, and some streaking on undersides.
Similar Species
Has similar habitat choice as Seaside Cinclodes of Chile (range should not overlap) but that species is overall darker and much more contrasting.
Distribution
Endemic to Peru.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Rocky seashores.
Behaviour
The diet includes invertebrates.
Often quite easy to approach.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8