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Creamy-rumped Miner

Geositta isabellina

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCavity nestSmall · 43 g
Creamy-rumped Miner (Geositta isabellina), photo 1
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Creamy-rumped Miner (Geositta isabellina), photo 2
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The creamy-rumped miner is a medium-large member of its genus. It is 17.5 to 18.5 cm (6.9 to 7.3 in) long and weighs 38 to 48 g (1.3 to 1.7 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a pale sandy buff face with a paler supercilium. Their crown and back are pale sandy buff and their rump and uppertail coverts are creamy white. Their tail's innermost pair of feathers are blackish; the rest are buff with a wide blackish band near the end. Their wings are sandy buff. Their throat is whitish and the rest of their underparts are light ochraceous cream to grayish cream. Voice: The creamy-rumped miner's song is a "loud, strident trill of 3–12 notes" that is given in display flight or from a rock perch.

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When to see the Creamy-rumped Miner

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

Where to see the Creamy-rumped Miner

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Chile Argentina

About the Creamy-rumped Miner

The creamy-rumped miner is a species of bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile.

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Easily confused with

Greyish Miner (Geositta maritima) Greyish MinerGeositta maritimaThe greyish miner is a smallish member of its genus. Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris) Slender-billed MinerGeositta tenuirostrisThe slender-billed 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.

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