White-throated Earthcreeper (Upucerthia albigula)

Identification & Behavior: ~19.5 cm (7.6 in). The White-throated Earthcreeper has rufous-brown upper parts and a rufous tail. It has a buffy supercilium and a decurved black bill. The throat is whitish grading to brownish towards the rest of the underparts. The flanks are rufous-brown. It forages in sparse Andean scrub with interspersed boulders. It is similar to the Buff-breasted Earthcreeper but is distinguished by having rufous wings and tail, browner underparts, and by ranging at lower elevations.

Status: The White-throated Earthcreeper is rare overall on the west slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2450-3550 m. It also occurs in Ch.

Name in Spanish: Bandurrita de Garganta Blanca.

Sub-species: White-throated Earthcreeper (Upucerthia albigula), Hellmayr, 1932.

Meaning of Name: Upucerthia: Composed word. Genus Upupa Linnaeus, 1758, hoopoe and genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper. albigula L. albus, alba= white, and gula= throat.

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