Buff-breasted earthcreeper

Buff-breasted earthcreeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Upucerthia
Species: U. validirostris
Binomial name
Upucerthia validirostris
(Burmeister, 1861)

The buff-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It has been lumped together with the plain-breasted earthcreeper based on song, continuous song, duet, and call.

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