Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior) - HBW 8, p. 253
French: Cinclode du paramo
German: Schuppenbrust-Uferwipper
Spanish: Remolinera Ecuatoriana
Other common names: Short-billed/Paramo Cinclodes
Taxonomy: Cinclodes excelsior P. L. Sclater, 1860, Mount Chimborazo, 14,000 feet [c. 4270 m], Ecuador.
Sometimes placed in genus Geositta, and in the past in Upucerthia, but plumage, wing-raising display and foraging behaviour favour inclusion in present genus. Formerly treated as conspecific with C. aricomae, but differs in, especially, plumage and in micro-habitat use. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- columbianus (Chapman, 1912) - C Andes of Colombia (Tolima).
- excelsior P. L. Sclater, 1860 - Andes from extreme SW Colombia (Nariño) S to S Ecuador (N Azuay).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging and calling Locality Antisana Ecological Reserve, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp excelsior)
Anna Motis 14 August 2006 4 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
A bird scratching its head and foraging. Locality Micacocha Lagoon, Antisana Ecological Reserve, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp excelsior)
Anna Motis 14 August 2006 4 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
A bird on the ground, with a weasel running past Locality Antisana Ecological Reserve, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp excelsior)
Robert Schaefer 20 February 2007 3 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
Antisana Ecological Reserve Locality Ecuador
Kim Tarsey 30 September 2006 48 weeks ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging Locality Micacocha Lagoon, Antisana Ecological Reserve, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp excelsior)
Anna Motis 14 August 2006 4 years ago 9 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched on an inflorescence Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp excelsior)
Josep del Hoyo 8 February 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 3.2
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Plenty of these on the Mountain above 4000 Metres.
Locality Antisana Ecological Reserve, Napo Province, Ecuador
Stan Mansfield 1 July 2011 25 weeks ago 3.7 -
perched
Locality Antisana Ecological Reserve, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp excelsior)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 22 November 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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