Slender-billed miner

Slender-billed miner
Chiguata, Arequipa, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Geositta
Species: G. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Geositta tenuirostris
(Lafrenaye, 1836)

The slender-billed miner (Geositta tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and pastureland.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geositta tenuirostris.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, August 21, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.