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Photo by Fritz73
Photographed: Las Lajas, Neuquen, Argentina.

Eremobius phoenicurus

Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus

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.

Distribution

Argentina and Chile.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.
Clements¹ places this species in the genus Ochetorhynchus.

Habitat

Dry shrubland and temperate grassland.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects and small invertebrates.

They build a nest of twigs in a low shrub. Both the male and female incubate the eggs and rear the nestlings.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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