Cinclodes

Short -billed shore Wipper (C. fuscus ), Argentina

The banks Wipper ( Cinclodes ), also referred to as Wippschwänze, are a genus of about bluebird large passerine birds of the family of Ovenbirds. They owe their name to their bobbing tail movements, a behavior that is more reminiscent of a property of the wagtail.

Features

Shore Wipper are stocky birds with strong legs and feet and pointed, slightly curved beaks down. The inconspicuous plumage is mainly brown, often with a pale wing binding. About the eyes runs a strip and the tail is square.

Vocalizations

Their song consists of lautern trills. During chanting, they often raise their wings.

Dissemination

Its distribution area is the Neotropics and extends from Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Tierra del Fuego to the Cape Horn.

Habitat and behavior

Their habitat are coastal regions, mountain streams, wet grasslands (also near human dwellings ) and rocky slopes at an altitude of 750-5500 m. Shore Wipper species preferred breed in rock crevices or build caves.

System

The following 15 species are known:

• Mono - shore Wipper or Rußbrauner shore Wipper ( Cinclodes antarcticus )
• White-throated Shore Wipper ( Cinclodes aricomae )
• Black-tailed shore Wipper ( Cinclodes atacamensis )
• Stainless tips Shore Wipper ( Cinclodes comechingonus )
• Breastplate - shore Wipper ( Cinclodes excelsior)
• Short -billed shore Wipper or tying - shore Wipper ( Cinclodes fuscus )
• Southern rock shore Wipper ( Cinclodes nigrofumosus )
• Two color - shore Wipper ( Cinclodes olrogi )
• Gray flanks Shore Wipper ( Cinclodes oustaleti )
• Long-tailed shore Wipper ( Cinclodes pabsti ) Cipóuferwipper ( Cinclodes pabsti espinhacensis, 2012 described as an independent species, however, recognized by the SACC and the IOC only as a subspecies )

Two species (C. palliatus and C. aricomae ) are endangered.