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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Thorntailed Rayadito.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Image by Jan Bisschop<br />Tierra del Fuego, [[Argentina]], February 2004]] |
| - | [[Image:Thorntailed Rayadito.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Image by Jan Bisschop<br />Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Feb. 2004]] | + | |
| | ;[[:Category:Aphrastura|Aphrastura]] spinicauda | | ;[[:Category:Aphrastura|Aphrastura]] spinicauda |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Black crown and eye-stripe, cinnamon supercilium, white throat, cinnamon belly. The most striking feature is its extraordinary tail in which each feather has a point at the tip. | + | *Black crown and eye-stripe |
| | + | *Cinnamon supercilium |
| | + | *White throat |
| | + | *Cinnamon belly |
| | + | *Tail: each feather has a point at the tip |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], [[Falkland Islands]], and [[South Georgia]] and the [[South Sandwich Islands]]. | + | [[South America]]: found in [[Chile]] and surrounding islands and [[Argentina]]. |
| - | | + | |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | 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) |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Temperate forests and dry shrubland. | | Temperate forests and dry shrubland. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | It gleans insects from leaves and bark. | | It gleans insects from leaves and bark. |
| - | | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | It nests in holes or behind the bark of the trees. | | It nests in holes or behind the bark of the trees. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase |
| | + | #Arthur Grosset |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Aphrastura+spinicauda}} | | {{GSearch|Aphrastura+spinicauda}} |
| | + | <br /> |
| | + | {{Video|Thorn-tailed_Rayadito}} |
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| - | | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aphrastura]] [[Category:Videos]] |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Aphrastura]] | + | |
Current revision
Image by Jan Bisschop
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
There are 3 subspecies:
- Central Chile and adjacent western Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego
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[edit] Habitat
Temperate forests and dry shrubland.
[edit] Behaviour
It gleans insects from leaves and bark.
[edit] Breeding
It nests in holes or behind the bark of the trees.
[edit] 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.
- Avibase
- Arthur Grosset
[edit] External Links
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