Subspecies serrana
Photo by Stanley Jones
Cordillera Blancas, Huascarán National Park, Yungay, Ancash, Peru, August 2017
Photo by Stanley Jones
Cordillera Blancas, Huascarán National Park, Yungay, Ancash, Peru, August 2017
- Geocerthia serrana
Identification
Most of the body is greyish to greyish-brown, paler on underside than upperside, with pale shaft-streaks. Throat is pale as is the supercilium which is more noticeable behind than in front of eye. Wings and tail rufous. Bill is long, somewhat decurved, and mostly black, yellow at base of lower mandible. Legs and eye is dark.
Distribution
Peru.
Taxonomy
The move from the genus Upucerthia to genus Geocerthia is recognised by Clements (2010)[1] and Gill and Donsker (2010)[3].
Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- G. s. serrana
- Andes of Peru (Cajamarca to Lima)
- G. s. huancavelicae
- Andes of south-western Peru (Huancavelica)
Habitat
Polylepis forest patches and high-altitude rock-filled shrubland.
Behaviour
Mostly seen on ground, often with tail angled upwards.
The diet includes insects.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - the passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
- Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
External Links
Birdforum thread discussing the genus Geocerthia
