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[[Image:Chestnut-winged_Cinclodes_by_Peter_van_Zoest.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter_van_Zoest|Peter van Zoest}}<br />Parque Nacional Cajas, [[Ecuador]], July 2006]]
 
[[Image:Chestnut-winged_Cinclodes_by_Peter_van_Zoest.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Peter_van_Zoest|Peter van Zoest}}<br />Parque Nacional Cajas, [[Ecuador]], July 2006]]
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[[Image:Chestnut-winged Cinclodes El Cajas Ecuador 2sj.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo of Fledgling by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}} <br />Azuay Province, [[Ecuador]], November, 2014]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==

Revision as of 15:39, 2 May 2015

Photo by Peter van Zoest
Parque Nacional Cajas, Ecuador, July 2006
Photo of Fledgling by Stanley Jones
Azuay Province, Ecuador, November, 2014
Cinclodes albidiventris

Identification

17–17.5 cm

  • Dull brown back
  • Tan belly
  • White throat finely barred with brown
  • Whitish or tan wing-stripes visible in flight
  • Whitish-buff stripe over the eye
  • Short, almost straight and pointed bill

Sexes similar.

Distribution

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Cinclodes albidiventris has three subspecies:[1]

  • C. a. oreobates
  • Santa Marta Mountains and Central and Eastern Andes of northern Colombia
  • C. a. heterurus
  • Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida, Trujillo and southern Lara)
  • C. a. albidiventris
  • Andes of northern Ecuador to northern Peru (Piura, Cajamarca)

Split from Buff-winged Cinclodes and Cream-winged Cinclodes[2][3][4] (previously all included in Bar-winged Cinclodes).

Habitat

High-altitude shrubland, temperate grassland and high-altitude grassland, near water.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.

Breeding

The nest is built in a burrow, or in a natural cavity in an earthen bank or rock pile. Both the male and female incubate the eggs and rear the nestlings.

References

  1. 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
  2. SACC (South American Classification Committee) proposal (passed) to split Bar-winged Cinclodes into three species
  3. Paper describing the genetic analysis of Bar-winged Cinclodes and range of the proposed species
  4. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this complex
  5. Answers.com

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