Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Buff-breasted Earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris) - HBW 8, p. 248

French: Upucerthie fauve German: Langschnabel-Erdhacker Spanish: Bandurrita Ocrácea
Other common names: Buff-bellied Earthcreeper

Taxonomy: Ochetorhynchus validirostris Burmeister, 1861, Sierra de Mendoza, Argentina.
Closest to U. jelskii and U. albigula. Has been considered to form a superspecies with former, and may be conspecific; considered together, the two exhibit a stepped cline in plumage coloration (increasingly rufescent to S) and perhaps a smooth cline in measurements, and songs sound very similar (although written descriptions differ somewhat); further study needed. Specimen from S Bolivia (Potosí), allegedly of this species, is evidently indistinguishable from race pallida of U. jelskii. Two subspecies recognized.

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