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Straight-billed Earthcreeper
Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus Meyen, 1834
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Straight-billed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus is a passerine of the Furnariidae family, breeding in the southern Andes from southern Peru through central Chile and western Argentina. It is a resident bird of arid scrub with bunchgrass and scattered bushes, especially on rocky slopes, outcrops and in ravines. Its long bill is only slightly downcurved, which helps separate it from similar earthcreepers. The species was described by Meyen in 1834 and is now placed in Ochetorhynchus after earlier treatment in Upucerthia.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: s Peru to c Chile and w Argentina
