Shore rocker
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Short-beaked rocker ( C. fuscus ), Argentina |
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The Uferwipper ( Cinclodes ), also known as rocking tails , are a genus of thrush-sized passerine birds from the family of potters . They owe their name to their rocking tail movements, a behavior that is more reminiscent of a characteristic of the wagtail .
features
Uferwipper are stocky birds with strong legs and feet and pointed beaks that are slightly bent downwards. The inconspicuous plumage is mainly brown, often with a pale wing band. There is a stripe over the eyes and the tail is angular.
Vocalizations
Their singing consists of loud trills. They often raise their wings while singing.
distribution
Their distribution area is the Neotropic and extends from Venezuela , Peru , Chile , Uruguay , Bolivia , Brazil , Argentina , Falkland Islands , Tierra del Fuego to Cape Horn .
Habitat and way of life
Their habitat are coastal regions, mountain streams, wet grasslands (also in the vicinity of human dwellings) and rocky slopes at an altitude of 750 to 5500 m. Uferwipper species prefer to breed in rock niches or build caves.
Systematics
The following 16 types are known:
- Monochrome Uferwipper or Soot-Brown Uferwipper ( Cinclodes antarcticus )
- Rußuferwipper ( Cinclodes maculirostris ) ( split off from Cinclodes antarcticus in 2016 )
- Weißkehl-Uferwipper ( Cinclodes aricomae )
- Black-tailed Uferwipper ( Cinclodes atacamensis )
- Rostspitzen Uferwipper ( Cinclodes comechingonus )
- Schuppenbrust-Uferwipper ( Cinclodes excelsior )
- Short-billed Uferwipper or Binden-Uferwipper ( Cinclodes fuscus )
- Cinnamon-wing rockers ( Cinclodes albidiventris ) ( split off from Cinclodes fuscus in 2012 )
- Pale-bellied shore rocker ( Cinclodes albiventris ) ( split off from Cinclodes fuscus in 2012 )
- Southern rock bank wipper ( Cinclodes nigrofumosus )
- Two-tone bank rocker ( Cinclodes olrogi )
- Gray flank rocker ( Cinclodes oustaleti )
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Long-tailed Uferwipper ( Cinclodes pabsti )
- Cipóuferwipper ( Cinclodes pabsti espinhacensis , described as a separate species in 2012, but only recognized as a subspecies by the SACC and the IOC)
- White-bellied Uferwipper ( Cinclodes palliatus )
- Stripe-breasted Uferwipper ( Cinclodes patagonicus )
- Northern rock bank wipper ( Cinclodes taczanowskii )
Two species ( C. palliatus and C. aricomae ) are endangered.
literature
- Ridgely, RS, Tudor, G., 1994. The Birds of South America. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Web links
- Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of the South American ovenbird genus Cinclodes ( Memento from March 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF file; 255 kB)
- Coping with salt without salt glands: osmoregulatory plasticity in three species of coastal songbirds (ovenbirds) of the genus Cinclodes (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) (English; PDF file; 195 kB)