Chestnut-winged Cinclodes

What the Chestnut-winged Cinclodes sounds like

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: Tambo de Ashilán, upper Río Upano, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Carchi: Quebrada de Potrerillos, pass on Maldonado road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, flight call · Carchi: Quebrada de Potrerillos, pass on Maldonado road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Chestnut-winged Cinclodes

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-winged Cinclodes

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru, Bolivia.

About the Chestnut-winged Cinclodes

The chestnut-winged cinclodes is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the bar-winged cinclodes. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and grassland.

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

Easily confused with

Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorThe stout-billed cinclodes is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 62 to 66 g (2.2 to 2.3 oz). Grey-flanked CinclodesCinclodes oustaletiThe grey-flanked cinclodes is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 22 to 31 g (0.78 to 1.1 oz). White-winged CinclodesCinclodes atacamensisThe white-winged cinclodes is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 45 to 56 g (1.6 to 2.0 oz).