Plain-breasted earthcreeper

Plain-breasted earthcreeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Upucerthia
Species: U. validirostris
Trinomial name
Upucerthia validirostris jelskii
(Cabanis, 1874)

The plain-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris jelskii) is a 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 buff-breasted earthcreeper based on song, continuous song, duet, and call.

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