Chilean name: Minero grande
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| Creamy-rumped Miner Geositta isabellina
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The Creamy-rumped Miner is distributed in the Andes of Central and northern Chile and the extreme north-west of Argentina. The distribution map at Birdlife International shows its distribution in the central Andes but not the populations, such as this one, found slightly further north. It is found on dry, rocky slopes at between 3,000 and 5,000 metres. | |||
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Initially I had identified this as Common Miner G. cunicularia but Fabrice Schmitt has pointed out that it is Creamy-rumped Miner. The main identification features are its long primary extension, its dull face pattern and its dark alula contrasting with its pale wings. It has a creamy rump and tail base while the tail itself is dark. | |||
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