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Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, February 2004

Aphrastura spinicauda

[edit] Identification

• Black crown and eye-stripe
• Cinnamon supercilium
• White throat
• Cinnamon belly
• Tail: each feather has a point at the tip

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Chile and surrounding islands and Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• A. s. spinicauda:

• Central Chile and adjacent western Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego

• A. s. bullocki:

• Mocha Island (Chile)

• A. s. fulva:

• Chiloé Island (Chile)

[edit] Habitat

Temperate forests and dry shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

It gleans insects from leaves and bark.

[edit] Breeding

It nests in holes or behind the bark of the trees.

[edit] References

1. 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.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

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