Monochrome shore luffers

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Monochrome shore luffers
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Monochrome Uferwipper ( Cinclodes antarcticus )

Systematics
Subordination : Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family : Potter birds (Furnariidae)
Subfamily : Furnariinae
Tribe : Furnariini
Genre : Shore rocker ( Cinclodes )
Type : Monochrome shore luffers
Scientific name
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 .

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