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Photo by Robert Scanlon
Puerto Viejo, Peru, January 2005
Geositta peruviana

Identification

  • Light brown upperparts and head
  • Buffy grey underparts
  • Dark iris
  • Silvery bill and legs

Distribution

South America: endemic to Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • G. p. paytae:
  • Arid littoral of Peru (Tumbes to Ancash)
  • G. p. peruviana:
  • Arid littoral of central Peru (Lima)
  • G. p. rostrata:
  • Arid littoral of south-ccentral Peru (Ica)

Habitat

Arid coastal grassland.

Behaviour

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

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