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The white-throated earthcreeper is 18 to 19.5 cm (7.1 to 7.7 in) long and weighs about 40 g (1.4 oz). It has a long, stout, strongly decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a wide buff supercilium. Their crown, back, rump, and uppertail coverts are brown; the crown is somewhat darker and grayer than the back. Their tail is dull rufous or rufescent brown. Their wing coverts are dull rufescent brown and their flight feathers dark rufous. Voice: The white-throated earthcreeper's song is "an accelerating, rising-falling series of liquid chipping notes: 'tup tup chi-chi-chi-chi-chi' ".
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When to see the White-throated Earthcreeper
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 White-throated Earthcreeper
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-throated Earthcreeper
The white-throated earthcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Chile and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Patagonian Forest EarthcreeperUpucerthia saturatiorThe Patagonian forest earthcreeper is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long.
Buff-breasted EarthcreeperUpucerthia validirostrisThe buff-breasted earthcreeper is 17 to 21 cm (6.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz).
Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetariaThe scale-throated earthcreeper is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 37 to 55.5 g (1.3 to 2.0 oz).
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