Stout-billed Cinclodes

Cinclodes excelsior

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesGrasslandCavity nestMedium · 64 g

What the Stout-billed Cinclodes sounds like

Sonogram of the Stout-billed Cinclodes: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Tungurahua: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Cordillera de los Llanganates, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Stout-billed Cinclodes: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: 1.5 km NW Papallacta Pass, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Stout-billed Cinclodes: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Carchi: Quebrada de Potrerillos, pass on Maldonado road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The 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). It is a large cinclodes with a decurved, thick-based, bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a long white supercilium that extends to the hindneck, a whitish malar area with dark scallops, and an otherwise dark brown face with some narrow pale streaks. Their crown is very dark brown and their upperparts dark brown. Their wings are also dark brown, with blackish brown primary coverts and some rufous across the base of the flight feathers. Voice: The stout-billed cinclodes' song is "a rising and swelling trill, 'tr-r-r-r-r-r-r-reet' ". Its calls include "a nasal 'kiu' or 'druut' or 'ken-eek' low twittering notes in flight".

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When to see the Stout-billed 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 Stout-billed Cinclodes

Regular range

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

About the Stout-billed Cinclodes

The stout-billed cinclodes is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

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