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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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| + | Forages solitarily, in pairs or small flocks constantly moving over rocks and logs near water. Has low swooping flight. During the breeding season it sings often while beating its wings over its body in time to the song. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | They nest in cavities, crevices and tunnels laying up to three white eggs. | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Invertebrates, gleaned from ground, rocks, beach debris and water edges. | ||
| + | ====Movements==== | ||
| + | Mostly resident but some down-slope movement in winter. Apparently leaves Tierra del Fuego after breeding. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisations==== | ||
| + | Song is a long, complex series of musical notes and trills. Flight call is a harsh repeated ''chick''. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/dark-belliedcinclodes.html Arthur Grosset] | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/dark-belliedcinclodes.html Arthur Grosset] | ||
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- Cinclodes patagonicus
Identification
- Brown below with streaking
- White supercilium
- White throat
Distribution
Chile, Tierra del Fuego and extreme western Argentina.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- C. p. chilensis:
- C. p. patagonicus:
- Southern Chile and southern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands
Habitat
Near water bodies such as streams, lakes and marshlands up to 2,500m.
Behaviour
Actions
Forages solitarily, in pairs or small flocks constantly moving over rocks and logs near water. Has low swooping flight. During the breeding season it sings often while beating its wings over its body in time to the song.
Breeding
They nest in cavities, crevices and tunnels laying up to three white eggs.
Diet
Invertebrates, gleaned from ground, rocks, beach debris and water edges.
Movements
Mostly resident but some down-slope movement in winter. Apparently leaves Tierra del Fuego after breeding.
Vocalisations
Song is a long, complex series of musical notes and trills. Flight call is a harsh repeated chick.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Arthur Grosset
- Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117409
- Remsen, J.V., Jr (2019). Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/56385 on 27 January 2019).
- Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/dabcin1
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dark-bellied Cinclodes. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dark-bellied_Cinclodes
