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CoastalCavity nestMedium · 63 g
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The blackish cinclodes is 18 to 23 cm (7.1 to 9.1 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies are mostly dark sooty brown, with a slightly paler throat and some dull rufous on the base of the flight feathers. The last is usually visible only in flight. Its iris is dark brown, its bill blackish, and its legs and feet blackish. Juveniles are generally browner than adults. Subspecies C. a. Voice: All of the recordings of blackish cinclodes vocalizations in xeno-canto and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library are from the Falkland Islands. The song is "a long series of sharp, explosive notes intermixed with musical trills...described as tittering chee-chee-chee-chee-cheecheecheecheecheechee-chee".
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When to see the Blackish Cinclodes
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Where to see the Blackish Cinclodes
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About the Blackish Cinclodes
The blackish cinclodes is a Near Threatened passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found on Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands, where it is known as the tussac-bird or tussock-bird.
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Easily confused with
Peruvian Seaside CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiThe Peruvian seaside cinclodes is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz).
Olrog's CinclodesCinclodes olrogiOlrog's cinclodes is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 24 to 32 g (0.85 to 1.1 oz).
Cordoba CinclodesCinclodes comechingonusThe Cordoba cinclodes is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 25 to 32 g (0.88 to 1.1 oz).
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