Geositta
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Miners | |
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Slender-billed miner (Geositta tenuirostris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Geositta Swainson, 1837 |
Type species | |
Geositta anthoides[1] Swainson, 1838
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Species | |
11, see text |
Geositta is a
Patagonian regions. They are ground-dwelling birds, somewhat resembling the larks and wheatears of other continents. They are mostly drab brown in coloration and often have a fairly long and slender bill
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Species list
The genus contains 11 species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Geositta peruviana | Coastal miner | Peru. | |
Geositta cunicularia | Common miner | Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, parts of Peru and Bolivia and in southernmost Brazil. | |
Geositta tenuirostris | Slender-billed miner | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. | |
Geositta antarctica | Short-billed miner | Santa Cruz Province and Tierra del Fuego | |
Geositta isabellina | Creamy-rumped miner | Argentina and Chile. | |
Geositta saxicolina | Dark-winged miner | Peru. | |
Geositta maritima | Greyish miner | Chile and Peru | |
Geositta punensis | Puna miner | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. | |
Geositta rufipennis | Rufous-banded miner | Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. | |
Geositta poeciloptera | Campo miner | Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia | |
Geositta crassirostris | Thick-billed miner | Peru. |
References
- ^ "Scleruridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- Jaramillo, Alvaro; Burke, Peter & Beadle, David (2003) Field Guide to the Birds of Chile, Christopher Helm, London
- South American Classification Committee (2007) A classification of the bird species of South America, part 6. Retrieved 08/06/07.