Alternative name: Tussockbird
- Cinclodes antarcticus
Identification
18 to 23 cm
Dark brown, paler, buff speckled throat, very pale stripe over eye, faint rufous wing bar, long, down curved bill with pale yellow spot at the base.
Sexes similar
Distribution
Southern South America: found in Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands
Taxonomy
Subspecies[1]
There are 2 subspecies:
- C. a. maculirostris:
- Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn Archipelago (yellow base to mandible)
- C. a. antarcticus:
- Falkland Islands (bill all dark)
Habitat
Rocky coasts and islands amongst tussock grass; sand dunes and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes small invertebrates.
Breeding
It builds a cup-shaped nest from grass, lined with feathers and positioned under rocks or amongst clumps of grass. The clutch consists of 1-3 white eggs with red spots. Incubation lasts for two weeks; the young fledge after a further two weeks.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Remsen, J.V., Jr & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). Blackish Cinclodes (Cinclodes antarcticus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/56388 on 16 May 2018).
- Jaramillo, A. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117409
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blackish Cinclodes. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blackish_Cinclodes
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
