Band-tailed Earthcreeper vs Alagoas Foliage-gleaner

Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus compared with Philydor novaesi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Band-tailed Earthcreeper Alagoas Foliage-gleaner
Scientific Name Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus Philydor novaesi
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Furnariidae Furnariidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Extinct
Length
Wingspan 14.4 cm (5.7 in)
Weight 30.416666666666668 g (1.07 oz) 36.0 g (1.27 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 2-4 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

None

Band-tailed Earthcreeper only

Alagoas Foliage-gleaner only

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

Band-tailed Earthcreeper

Extinct

Alagoas Foliage-gleaner

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About These Birds

Band-tailed Earthcreeper

The Band-tailed Earthcreeper is a medium-sized furnariid of the family Furnariidae found in rocky Andean slopes and arid scrub in southern South America. Weighing about 30.4g with a wingspan of 14.4cm, it has a rufous-banded tail and forages on the ground. It probes rocky crevices and soil for insects and invertebrates with its curved bill.

Alagoas Foliage-gleaner

The Alagoas Foliage-gleaner was a medium-sized furnariid bird weighing about 36 g, endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Alagoas, Brazil. It is now classified as extinct, having last been recorded in the 1980s before its forest habitat was almost entirely destroyed by agriculture.

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