Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Geositta (11 species)


Short-billed Miner
Short-billed Miner (Geositta antarctica)
Range: SA: s, w Argentina and s Chile
Tierra del Fuego, Chile  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Thick-billed Miner
Thick-billed Miner (Geositta crassirostris crassirostris)
Range: SA: w, sw Peru
Santa Eulalia Valley, Peru
  Note markings on wing compared to earthcreeper, as well as more upright posture.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Common Miner
Common Miner (Geositta cunicularia cunicularia)
Range: SA: s, w
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Cláudio D. Timm     Copyright and usage info


Creamy-rumped Miner
Creamy-rumped Miner (Geositta isabellina)
Range: SA: c Chile and wc Argentina
Yeso Valley, Santiago, Chile  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Greyish Miner
Greyish Miner (Geositta maritima)
Range: SA: w Peru and n Chile
Mejía, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Minero Chico in Spanish, and smaller than other 'miners' (except Coastal), a group of birds that looks for food in sand and rocks. Note lack of well-defied wing bars and brow compared to Coastal Miner.

Coastal Miner
Coastal Miner (Geositta peruviana peruviana)
Range: SA: w Peru
Paracas National Park, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note well-defied wing bars and brow compared to Greyish Miner. Note white chest compared to Common Miner.

Campo Miner
Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera) Vulnerable
Range: SA: e Bolivia through sc Brazil
Serra da Canastra NP, Minas Gerais state, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Prefers recently burned areas (Athanas).

Puna Miner
Puna Miner (Geositta punensis)
Range: SA: s Peru to nw Argentina
Laguna de los Pozuelos, Jujuy province, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-banded Miner
Rufous-banded Miner (Geositta rufipennis ottowi)
Range: SA: Bolivia, w Argentina and Chile
Condorito National Park, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Dark-winged Miner
Dark-winged Miner (Geositta saxicolina)
Range: SA: c Peru
Lake Junín, Junín region, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Slender-billed Miner
Slender-billed Miner (Geositta tenuirostris tenuirostris)
Range: SA: c Ecuador to nw Argentina
Chiguata, Arequipa, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tor Egil Høgsås     Copyright and usage info

Note longer and thinner bill than the Thick-billed Miner.


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