Buff-breasted Earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris)
About the Buff-breasted Earthcreeper
The buff-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The buff-breasted earthcreeper has three subspecies, the nominate U. v. validirostris (Burmeister, 1861), U. v. saturata (Carriker, 1933), and U. v. jelskii (Cabanis, 1874). Before a 2013 publication, the buff-breasted earthcreeper was credited with an additional subspecies, and U. v. jelskii was treated as a separate species, the "plain-breasted" earthcreeper, with U. v. saturata as a subspecies of it. The paper resulted in the "collapse" of the two species with five subspecies into the current one-species, three-subspecies, model. Some authors suggest that further study is needed.
A real field recording of the Buff-breasted Earthcreeper. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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1 recording on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru · xeno-canto lists 44 recordings for this species in total.
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- Patagonian Forest EarthcreeperUpucerthia saturatiorprofile
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- White-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia albigulaprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.