Common Miner (Geositta cunicularia)
About the Common Miner
The common miner (Geositta cunicularia) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Taxonomists assign these nine subspecies to the common miner: Geositta cunicularia juninensis Taczanowski, 1884 Geositta cunicularia titicacae Zimmer, JT, 1935 Geositta cunicularia frobeni (Philippi & Landbeck, 1864) Geositta cunicularia georgei Koepcke, 1965 Geositta cunicularia deserticolor Hellmayr, 1924 Geositta cunicularia fissirostris (Kittlitz, 1835) – the type species of the genus. G. c. contrerasi Nores & Yzurieta, 1980 G. c. hellmayri Peters, JL, 1925 G. c. cunicularia (Vieillot, 1816)
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Slender-billed MinerGeositta tenuirostrisrecording
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