Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Rock Earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus andaecola)
Taxonomy
French: Chilia des Andes German: Rostschwanz-Erdhacker Spanish: Bandurrita roquera
Taxonomy:
Uppucerthia [sic] andæcola
d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye
, 1838,Sicasica, La Paz, Bolivia
.Distribution:
Andes of Bolivia (La Paz S to Potosí), extreme NE Chile (E Antofagasta) and NW Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, N Catamarca).
Descriptive notes
16–18 cm; 28–34 g. Medium-sized earthcreeper with long, slightly decurved bill. Has buff supercilium, dark brownish postocular band, buff lower face; crown and... read more
Voice
Song a piercing “veetveet-veeveeveeveeveee-veet-viree-veetveevee”; a variable-length... read more
Habitat
Arid montane scrub; locally in puna grassland with rocky arid slopes and ravines with... read more
Food and feeding
Arthropods, which are gleaned and extracted from ground. Usually forages solitarily.
Breeding
Season evidently during austral summer; eggs, nestlings and fledglings in Nov in Argentina. Presumably monogamous. Nest at end of tunnel c... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to fairly common. Habitat occupied is reasonably secure, with overgrazing the only human disturbance.
Previously placed in Upucerthia. Monotypic.