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Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Tamango National Reserve, Patagonia, Chile, March 2009
Scelorchilus rubecula

Identification

Brownish-grey upperparts, underparts white barred dark but with unbarred grey flanks, red supercilium, throat and upper breast.

Distribution

South Chile and adjacent Western Argentina.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • S. r. rubecula:
  • S. r. mochae on Mocha Island, Chile.

Habitat

Beech forests where there is bamboo. or other dense scrubbery, most likely near streams.

Behaviour

Very wary and secretive.

Terrestrial.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Arthur Grosset

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