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The nest is a chamber at the end of a tunnel built into a sand dune or earthy bank. The clutch consists of 2-3 white eggs.
 
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Revision as of 21:50, 14 January 2019

Nominate race, G. c. cunicularia
Photo © by Joseph Morlan
Camino Dinamarquero-Ciake, Magallanes, Chile, 5 February 2015
Photo © by arthurgrosset
Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, August 2004
Geositta cunicularia

Identification

14-16 cm

  • Brown upperparts
  • Pale underparts
  • Streaked breast
  • Pale stripe over eye
  • Dark edged ear-coverts
  • Pale rufous wing bar
  • Dark tail with buff outer feathers
  • Long, slightly downcurved bill

Distribution

South America: found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 9 subspecies[1]:

  • G. c. juninensis: Highlands of Peru (Junín and Huancavelica)
  • G. c. titicacae: High plateau of southern Peru to extreme northern Chile and north-western Argentina
  • G. c. frobeni: Arid Andes of southern Peru (Arequipa and Tacna)
  • G. c. georgei: Lomas of coastal southern Peru
  • G. c. deserticolor: Arid littoral of south-western Peru (Arequipa) to northern Chile (Atacama)
  • G. c. fissirostris: Central Chile (southern Atacama to Llanquihué)
  • G. c. contrerasi: West-central Argentina (Sierra Grandes in Córdoba)
  • G. c. hellmayri: Western Argentina
  • G. c. cunicularia: Extreme southern Brazil to Uruguay, Argentina and Tierra del Fuego

Habitat

Fields, sandy areas, flattish, open habitats.

Behaviour

The nest is a chamber at the end of a tunnel built into a sand dune or earthy bank. The clutch consists of 2-3 white eggs.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia contributors. (2018, February 14). Common miner. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:47, January 14, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_miner&oldid=825573391
  4. Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117409
  5. Remsen, J.V., Jr (2019). Common Miner (Geositta cunicularia). 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/56357 on 14 January 2019).
  6. Common Miner (Geositta cunicularia), 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/commin1

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