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Mineral-rich, well-watered cushion-plant bogs with rocky outcrops and stony slopes nearby, often below glaciers (so obviously high elevation). | Mineral-rich, well-watered cushion-plant bogs with rocky outcrops and stony slopes nearby, often below glaciers (so obviously high elevation). | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 4 July 2014
- Cinclodes palliatus
Identification
24 cm. Pale brown-grey head and face, black lores, dark ear-coverts, brown-rufous upperparts, black wings with broad, white wingbar, black tail with white tips to outer rectrices, white underparts, dusky legs and bill.
Distribution
Central Peru.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species
Habitat
Mineral-rich, well-watered cushion-plant bogs with rocky outcrops and stony slopes nearby, often below glaciers (so obviously high elevation).
Behaviour
The diet includes worms, small frogs and insects.
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.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-bellied Cinclodes. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-bellied_Cinclodes
