Chilean Seaside Cinclodes
Cinclodes nigrofumosus
The Chilean seaside cinclodes is 21 to 27 cm (8.3 to 11 in) long and weighs 63 to 67 g (2.2 to 2.4 oz). It is a large cinclodes with a straight bill. The sexes have the same plumages. Adults have narrow pale buff or whitish supercilium on an otherwise blackish brown face. Their crown and upperparts are smoky black or blackish brown. Their wings are blackish with a pale rufous band at the base of the flight feathers. Their tail is black; the outer three pairs of feathers have pale rufous or ashy-brown tips. Voice: The song of the Chilean seaside cinclodes is a "bright trilled series of piping whistles" that pairs sometimes sing in duet. Its calls include a "short, sharp, slightly metallic chik" that may be uttered in a series and a "repeated more subdued drier chuk" made by an adult feeding young.
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White-winged Cinclodes
Cinclodes atacamensis
The 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). It is a fairly large cinclodes with a decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a whitish supercilium, brownish gray lores, grayish brown ear coverts with reddish tones, and a whitish malar area with some faint darker flecks. Their crown is grayish brown and their upperparts rich reddish brown. Their wing coverts are reddish brown. Voice: The white-winged cinclodes' song is a trill and its call "a loud, whistled 'wheet' ".
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