Puna Miner (Geositta punensis)

Puna Miner (Geositta punensis)

Chilean name: Minero de la puna

Puna Miner, Lauca NP, Chile, February 2007 - click for larger image

Lauca National Park, Chile
February 2007

The Puna Miner is distributed in the altiplano region of southern Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile and north-west Argentina. It is found mainly between 3,200m and 4,600m on puna grassland and sandy areas beside bofedal marsh. This bird was at about 4,400m.

It is a smallish miner with a slender, almost straight bill. It is similar to the local sub-species of Common Miner Geositta cunicularia titicacae but has whiter underparts with no streaking on the breast, is smaller and has a duller face pattern.

There is a recording of its call on the xeno-canto website.

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