Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris) - HBW 8, p. 241
French: Géositte à bec grêle
German: Dünnschnabel-Erdhacker
Spanish: Minero Picudo
Taxonomy: Alauda tenuirostris Lafresnaye, 1836, no locality = Sicasica, La Paz, Bolivia.
Plumage characteristics suggest most closely related to G. cunicularia; separation of the two in conventional linear sequences is a result of overemphasis on bill morphology in traditional taxonomy. Some specimens from NW Peru (Cajamarca) intermediate between nominate race and kalimayae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kalimayae Krabbe, 1992 - Andes of C Ecuador (Cotopaxi).
- tenuirostris (Lafresnaye, 1836) - Andes of Peru (Cajamarca S to Arequipa in W, and S from Huánuco on E slope), Bolivia and NW Argentina (S to Tucumán; one record La Rioja).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground, feeding Locality Huancarani, Peru (ssp tenuirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2005 6 years ago 9 sec 3.1 -
A bird foraging in mountain grassland Locality Marcapomacocha, Junín Department, Peru
Keith Blomerley 2 December 2004 2 years ago 28 sec 2.8
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on a rock
Locality Colca Canyon, Arequipa Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 19 December 2009 41 weeks ago 4.2
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Two birds Locality El Infiernillo, Tucumán Province, Argentina
Nacho Areta 1 June 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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