- Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus
Upucerthia ruficaudus
Identification
Bill is all black and ever so slightly downcurved. Underside with faint white stripes on a darker background; throat contrasting white.
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies recognized: ruficaudus, montanus, and famatinae.[1]
Habitat
High-altitude shrubland.
Behaviour
Tends to walk with the tail pointing straight up.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
