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What the Rock Earthcreeper sounds like
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The rock earthcreeper is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 28 to 34 g (0.99 to 1.2 oz). It is a medium-sized earthcreeper whose bill is long and slightly decurved. The sexes are alike. Adults have a buff supercilium, a dark brownish stripe behind the eye, and buff cheeks. Their crown, back, and rump are rich brown and their uppertail coverts dark rufous-brown. Their tail is dark rufous and their wings slightly more rufescent than their back. Voice: The rock earthcreeper sings from a perch on a bush or boulder, a series of loud, shrill notes "vee-vee-vee-vee-vi-veet", sometimes ending with a splutter. It makes an alarm call, "a high-pitched, rodent-like, squeaky, whistled 'zuwééét' ".
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When to see the Rock Earthcreeper
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rock Earthcreeper
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Rock Earthcreeper
The rock earthcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia, and as a vagrant in Chile.
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Easily confused with
Straight-billed EarthcreeperOchetorhynchus ruficaudusThe straight-billed earthcreeper 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 28 to 41 g (0.99 to 1.4 oz).
Crag ChiliaOchetorhynchus melanurusThe crag chilia is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 31 to 40 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz).
Band-tailed EarthcreeperOchetorhynchus phoenicurusThe band-tailed earthcreeper is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 28 to 34 g (0.99 to 1.2 oz).
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