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| - | [[Image:Band-tailed_Earthcreeper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73<br />Photographed: Las Lajas, Neuquen, Argentina.]] | + | [[Image:Band-tailed_Earthcreeper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />Las Lajas, Neuquen, [[Argentina]], 2004]] |
| - | ;[[:Category:Eremobius|Eremobius]] phoenicurus | + | ;[[:Category:Ochetorhynchus|Ochetorhynchus]] phoenicurus |
| - | ''Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus'' | + | ''Eremobius phoenicurus''<sup>[[#References|[2]]][[#References|[3]]]</sup> |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 18cm. Dull olive-brown back, lighter brown-streaked belly, white throat, rufous on the margins of blackish tail, whitish stripe over the eye, bill long, slightly downcurved, and pointed, long tail. Sexes similar. | + | 18cm<br /> |
| - | | + | *Dull olive-brown back |
| | + | *Lighter brown-streaked belly |
| | + | *White throat |
| | + | *Rufous on the margins of blackish tail |
| | + | *Whitish stripe over the eye |
| | + | *Bill long, slightly downcurved, and pointed |
| | + | *Long tail<br /> |
| | + | Sexes similar. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]]. | | [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]]. |
| - | | |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Monotypic.<br /> | + | Monotypic.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup><br /> |
| - | Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> places this species in the genus [[:Category:Ochetorhynchus|Ochetorhynchus]]. | + | |
| - | | + | |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Dry shrubland and temperate grassland. | | Dry shrubland and temperate grassland. |
| - | | |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes insects and small invertebrates. | | The diet includes insects and small invertebrates. |
| - | | + | ====Breeding==== |
| - | They build a nest of twigs in a low shrub. Both the male and female incubate the eggs and rear the nestlings. | + | A twiggy nest is placed in a low shrub. Both adults incubate the eggs and rear the young. |
| - | | + | |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | # {{Ref-Clements6thNov08}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor8}}#{{Ref-SibleyMonroe96}}#Answers.com |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| - | {{GSearch|Eremobius+phoenicurus}} | + | {{GSearch|Earthcreeper+phoenicurus}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eremobius]] [[Category:Ochetorhynchus]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eremobius]] [[Category:Ochetorhynchus]] |
A twiggy nest is placed in a low shrub. Both adults incubate the eggs and rear the young.
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