#tarphonomus certhioides

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January 29, 2024 - Chaco Earthcreeper (Tarphonomus certhioides) Found from eastern Bolivia and western Paraguay into central Argentina, these birds in the ovenbird family inhabit woodlands and scrub. Usually foraging alone, they eat arthropods, picking their prey mostly from the ground and possibly from shrubs. They build stick nests in bushes, low trees, or cavities in tree trunks, rocks, or buildings or use the abandoned nests of horneros, lining their nests with hair, grass, lichen, plant fibers, snake skin, and other materials. Females lay clutches of three or four eggs.

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[2149/11056] Chaco earthcreeper - Tarphonomus certhioides

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Tyranni Family: Furnariidae

Photo credit: Claudio Martin via Macaulay Library

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