Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Short-billed Miner (Geositta antarctica) - HBW 8, p. 242
French: Géositte à bec court
German: Feuerland-Erdhacker
Spanish: Minero Austral
Taxonomy: Geositta antarctica Landbeck, 1880, Tierra del Fuego.
Plumage and morphological features suggest most closely related to G. cunicularia. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Argentina (S Santa Cruz S to N Tierra del Fuego) and S Chile; W & S Argentina in non-breeding season.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird walking and feeding Locality Porvenir, Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2003 8 years ago 25 sec 2.5
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A bird perched on a fence post
Locality Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Arthur Grosset 12 December 2005 3 years ago 4 -
A bird on the ground with food in its bill.
Locality Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 8 November 2006 2 years ago 3
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Bird displaying Locality Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
(Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 15 March 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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