Xenospiza
Distracted
In the late afternoon of 29 July, we came across this earthcreeper in the Campos de Cultivo de Asia, on the Peruvian coast south of Lima (here).
With its long tail, plain reddish wings, long curved bill and strong supercilium it looks to me like a (somewhat dishevelled) White-throated Earthcreeper, but the issue is that it would be 2500 m too low for this species!
The most obvious confusion species would be Thick-billed Miner (common in the nearby Lomas), but this has bicoloured wings, a short tail and not such a clear facial pattern.
Ebird does not mention any similar species for this hotspot.
With its long tail, plain reddish wings, long curved bill and strong supercilium it looks to me like a (somewhat dishevelled) White-throated Earthcreeper, but the issue is that it would be 2500 m too low for this species!
The most obvious confusion species would be Thick-billed Miner (common in the nearby Lomas), but this has bicoloured wings, a short tail and not such a clear facial pattern.
Ebird does not mention any similar species for this hotspot.