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Miners
Slender-billed miner (Geositta tenuirostris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Geositta
Swainson, 1837
Type species
Geositta anthoides [1]
Swainson, 1838
Species

11, see text

Geositta is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. They are known as miners (not to be confused with the unrelated miners, Manorina, of Australia) due to the tunnels they dig for nesting. There are 11 species including the campo miner (Geositta poeciloptera) which was formerly classified in a genus of its own, Geobates. They inhabit open country in South America, particularly the Andean and Patagonian regions. They are ground-dwelling birds, somewhat resembling the larks and wheatears of other continents. They are mostly drab brown in coloration and often have a fairly long and slender bill.

Species list

The genus contains 11 species: [2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Geositta peruviana Coastal miner Peru.
Geositta cunicularia Common miner Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, parts of Peru and Bolivia and in southernmost Brazil.
Geositta tenuirostris Slender-billed miner Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
Geositta antarctica Short-billed miner Santa Cruz Province and Tierra del Fuego
Geositta isabellina Creamy-rumped miner Argentina and Chile.
Geositta saxicolina Dark-winged miner Peru.
Geositta maritima Greyish miner Chile and Peru
Geositta punensis Puna miner Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Geositta rufipennis Rufous-banded miner Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.
Geositta poeciloptera Campo miner Brazil and far northeastern Bolivia
Geositta crassirostris Thick-billed miner Peru.

References

  1. ^ "Scleruridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.