Aug 18

Bird of the day

Olrog's cinclodes

Cinclodes olrogi

Olrog's cinclodes (Cinclodes olrogi) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

Olrog's cinclodes is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 24 to 32 g (0.85 to 1.1 oz). It is a small cinclodes with a medium-length slightly decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a white supercilium, and blackish brown lores and ear coverts. Their crown is blackish brown and their upperparts dark gray-brown with a chestnut tinge. Their wings are a darker gray-brown with a wide white band across the base of the flight feathers. Their tail is dark gray-brown with dull rufous tips on the outer feathers. Their throat and breast are white with some dark scaling on the latter. The rest of their underparts are pale dull brown.

Aliases

Cinclodes olrogi

Range

Range map of Olrog's cinclodes