About the Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes
The Peruvian seaside cinclodes or surf cinclodes is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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The Peruvian seaside cinclodes is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and weighs about 63 g (2.2 oz). It is a large cinclodes with a straight bill. The sexes have the same plumages. Adults have an indistinct buffy brown supercilium on an otherwise brownish face. Their crown is dark sepia brown and their upperparts dark brown. Their wing coverts are dusky brown with paler edges. Their primaries are dusky brown and most have cinnamon buff or pale rufous bases. Their secondaries have blackish-bordered rufous bases and dusky brown tips. Their tertials are dusky brown with rufescent brown edges. Voice: The song of the Peruvian seaside cinclodes has been described as "a trill" and its call as "an abrupt chec".
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Where the Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes lives
When to see the Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes
Peak activity in September · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticusThe blackish cinclodes is 18 to 23 cm (7.1 to 9.1 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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