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Campo Miner

Geositta poeciloptera

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicInvertebratesGrasslandCavity nestSmall · 18 g
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 1
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 2
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 3
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 4
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 5
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 6
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 7
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 8
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 9
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera), photo 10
Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The campo miner is a small member of its genus. It is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 17 to 19 g (0.60 to 0.67 oz). The sexes are alike. It has a dull rufescent brown face with a buff supercilium. It is dull grayish brown from its crown to its rump; the crown has vague brown spots and its rump and uppertail coverts have a rufescent tinge. Its tail is short; its feathers are rufous with a blackish brown band near the end. Its wing coverts are dark brownish with paler edges. Its axillaries ("wing pits") are cinnamon. Voice: The campo miner's display flight song is a "high, level, hurried, rolling 'turruturrut---' " that lasts 15 to 20 seconds. Its flight call is "pit-pit".

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When to see the Campo Miner

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Campo Miner

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Campo Miner

The campo miner is a Vulnerable species of bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil, and as a vagrant in Paraguay.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Thick-billed Miner (Geositta crassirostris) Thick-billed MinerGeositta crassirostrisThe puna miner is a large member of its genus. Dark-winged Miner (Geositta saxicolina) Dark-winged MinerGeositta saxicolinaThe dark-winged miner is a medium size member of its genus. Creamy-rumped Miner (Geositta isabellina) Creamy-rumped MinerGeositta isabellinaThe creamy-rumped miner is a medium-large member of its genus.

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