Monochrome shore luffers
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![]() Monochrome Uferwipper ( Cinclodes antarcticus ) |
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Cinclodes antarcticus | ||||||||||||
( Garnot , 1826) |
The monochrome bank rocker ( Cinclodes antarcticus ), also known as the soot-brown bank rocker , is a passerine bird from the genus of the bank rocker within the family of potters . There are two subspecies of Cinclodes a. antarcticus ( Falkland Islands ) and Cinclodes a. maculirostris ( Cape Horn ).
features
The one-color bank rocker reaches a length of 18 to 23 cm. The tail is 8.3 cm and the beak is 1.9 cm. The males are black to brown-black, the females dark brown.
Way of life
There is a breeding season in October and often another in December. The nests are cup-shaped and are made of grass under thick vegetation. One to three eggs are laid and incubated for two weeks. The young are fully fledged after another two weeks. Their food consists of invertebrates, which they find under rotted seaweed and tufted grass ( Poa flabellata ), but also from leftovers and excrement from fur seals and sea birds .
Web links
- Cinclodes antarcticus inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015.4. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of the South American ovenbird genus Cinclodes ( Memento from March 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 255 kB)
- Birds of the Falkland Islands - Blackish cinclodes (English)
- La Remolinera negra (Spanish)
- Videos, photos and sound recordings on Cinclodes antarcticus in the Internet Bird Collection