Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Straight-billed Earthcreeper (Upucerthia ruficaudus) - HBW 8, p. 248

French: Upucerthie à bec droit German: Geradschnabel-Erdhacker Spanish: Bandurrita Piquirrecta
Other common names: Meyen’s Earthcreeper

Taxonomy: Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus Meyen, 1834, base of Volcán de Maipú, 10,000 feet [c. 3050 m], Santiago, Chile.
Sometimes included with U. harterti and U. certhioides in a separate genus Ochetorhynchus, but plumage similarities suggest a closer relationship to U. andaecola. Differences in coloration of nominate race between N and S extremes (with darker and less reddish upperparts in S) indicate either strong clinal variation or, perhaps, an undescribed race. Three subspecies currently recognized.

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