Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Band-tailed Earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus)
Taxonomy
French: Chilia rougequeue German: Schwarzschwanz-Erdhacker Spanish: Bandurrita patagona
Taxonomy:
Eremobius phœnicurus
Gould
, 1839,Port Desire, San Julián and Santa Cruz, east coast of Patagonia, Argentina
.Distribution:
SW Argentina (Neuquén and Río Negro S to Santa Cruz) and extreme S Chile (NE Magallanes)#R.
Descriptive notes
16–17 cm; 28–34 g. Small earthcreeper with thin, straight, medium-length bill. Has white supercilium, dark eyestripe, more rufescent auriculars; crown and upper... read more
Voice
Song a fast dry trill that sometimes ends with separate sharp “ti” notes; alarm a... read more
Habitat
Arid lowland scrub and temperate grassland, to 1200 m. Inhabits sparsely vegetated plains, plateaux... read more
Food and feeding
Arthropods. Usually forages solitarily. Probes and gleans for food items in ground, grass clumps, cushion-plants, also in rock crevices. read more
Breeding
Breeds during austral summer; eggs recorded in Sept and nestlings in Jan. Presumably monogamous. Nest a large oval mass (c. 55 × 30 cm) of... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to fairly common. Habitat within its range appears to be reasonably secure, with overgrazing probably the only form of anthropogenic... read more
Previously placed in monotypic Eremobius. See also O. ruficaudus. Monotypic.