- Cinclodes aricomae
Identification
20 cm. Dark chocolate-brown above, dark crown, dark, dusky tail with outer rectrices tipped pale. Buffy-white throat. Rest of underparts grey-brown with buffy-white mottling and shafting on breast and flanks. Dark wings with prominent rufous edging, forming wing-bar in flight. Large dark bill slightly decurved at tip.
Distribution
Andes of southern Peru and extreme western Bolivia.
Taxonomy
In the past, Royal Cinclodes were viewed as a subspecies of Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior).
Habitat
Polylepis woodland and montane scrub; the major threat to its survival is the use of fire and heavy grazing which restrict the regeneration of Polylepis.
Behaviour
Its diet includes invertebrates.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
