Rufous-banded Miner (Geositta rufipennis)
About the Rufous-banded Miner
The rufous-banded miner (Geositta rufipennis) is a species of bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The rufous-banded miner's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) assigns it these six subspecies: G. r. fasciata (Philippi & Landbeck, 1864) G. r. harrisoni Marin, Kiff & Peña, 1989 G. r. rufipennis (Burmeister, 1860) G. r. giaii Contreras, 1976 G. r. ottowi Hoy, G, 1968 G. r. hoyi Contreras, 1980 The Clements taxonomy and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World add a seventh, G. r. fragai (Nores, 1986), which the IOC includes in G. r. hoyi. Some authors suggest that the rufous-banded miner should be split into more than one species.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Chile in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Slender-billed MinerGeositta tenuirostrisrecording
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