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Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Upucerthia dumetaria Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I 1832
The scale-throated earthcreeper or scaly-throated earthcreeper is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and the Altiplano; it winters in the Pampas and east of Córdoba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. They build their nests at the end of tunnels measuring between one and two meters. These tunnels are almost exclusively based on slopes; however, rock crevices are occasionally used. It formerly included the Patagonian forest earthcreeper as a subspecies. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Furnariidae
Genus:
Upucerthia
Scientific:
Upucerthia dumetaria
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Furnariidae
Genus:
Upucerthia
Scientific:
Upucerthia dumetaria
Original description
Citation:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I 1832
Reference:
Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris
1 p.394
Protonym:
Upucerthia Dumetaria
Type locality:
Patagonia = banks of the Río Negro, Argentina.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103417#page/440/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
136B6881039078AC
Avibase ID:
avibase-136B6881
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/136B6881
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563634
Geographic range:
- Upucerthia dumetaria: arid scrub, puna grassland, shrub-steppe, and rocky grassland in the Andes of far southeastern Peru (Puno) southward across the altiplano of Bolivia and northern Chile to the Andes of western Argentina and Chile, and southward across Patagonia to Tierra del Fuego; non-breeding migration from southern Argentina northward to the pampas of northern and northeastern Argentina and adjacent Uruguay
- Upucerthia dumetaria dumetaria: southern Chile and southern and central Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
- Upucerthia dumetaria hypoleuca: western Bolivia, central Chile, and western Argentina
- Upucerthia dumetaria peruana: Andes of southern Peru (Puno)
Source: Clements checklist
Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Bulgarian:
Пъстрогуша папунякова пещарка
Catalan:
miner becut dels matolls
Czech:
kutálek šupinohrdlý
Danish:
Skællet Jordlusker
German:
Schuppenkehl-Erdhacker
Esperanto:
skvamgorĝa grundogrimpulo
Spanish:
Bandurrita Común
Spanish (Spain):
Bandurrita Común
Finnish:
suomurintakapuaja
French:
Upucerthie des buissons
Croatian:
pjegavogrla rudarica
Hungarian:
pikkelyes földibanka
Italian:
Strisciaterra golasquamata
Japanese (romaji):
urokokamahashikamadodori
Japanese:
ウロコカマハシカマドドリ
Lithuanian:
Žvynagurklis dirvoninis krosnius
Dutch:
Schubkeelaardkruiper
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Skjelstrupemarkløpar
Norwegian:
Skjellstrupemarkløper
Polish:
piaskownik długodzioby
Portuguese:
bandurrita-das-moitas
Portuguese (Portugal):
trepa-montes-escamoso
Russian:
Пестрогрудый норник
Slovak:
šplhač dlhozobý
Serbian:
Šarenogrli puzić sa tla
Swedish:
fjällstrupig markkrypare
Turkish:
Çizgili gerdanlı madenci
Ukrainian:
Землелаз довгодзьобий
Chinese:
鳞喉爬地雀
Chinese (Traditional):
鱗喉爬地雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Scaly-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Scale-throated Earthcreeper ( Upucerthia dumetaria) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Upucerthia dumetaria [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Upucerthia [dumetaria or saturatior]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Пъстрогуша папунякова пещарка
Catalan: miner becut dels matolls
Czech: kutálek šupinohrdlý
Danish: Skællet Jordlusker
German: Schuppenkehl-Erdhacker
English: Scale-throated Earthcreeper, Scaly-throated Earthcreeper
English (Avilist): Scale-throated Earthcreeper
English, HBW: Scale-throated Earthcreeper
English (IOC): Scale-throated Earthcreeper
English (United States): Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Esperanto: skvamgorĝa grundogrimpulo
Spanish: Bandurrilla del sur y de la cordillera, Bandurrita, Bandurrita Común
Spanish (Argentine): Bandurrita común, Bandurrita Esteparia
Spanish (Bolivia): Bandurrita común
Spanish (Chile): Bandurrilla común, Bandurrilla del sur y de la cordillera
Spanish (Spain): Bandurrita Común
Spanish (HBW): Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Spanish (Peru): Bandurrita de Garganta Escamosa
Spanish (Paraguay): Bandurrita
Spanish (Uruguay): Bandurrita
Finnish: suomurintakapuaja
French: Upucerthie des buissons
French (Guyane): Upucerthie des buissons
Croatian: pjegavogrla rudarica
Hungarian: pikkelyes földibanka
Italian: Strisciaterra golasquamata
Japanese (romaji): urokokamahashikamadodori
Japanese: ウロコカマハシカマドドリ
Scientific: Upucerthia dumetaria, Upucerthia dumetaria dumetaria
Lithuanian: Žvynagurklis dirvoninis krosnius
Dutch: Schubkeelaardkruiper
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skjelstrupemarkløpar
Norwegian: Skjellstrupemarkløper
Polish: piaskownik długodzioby
Portuguese: bandurrita-das-moitas
Portuguese (Portugal): trepa-montes-escamoso
Russian: Пестрогрудый норник, Чешуегорлый пищуховый землелаз
Slovak: šplhač dlhozobý
Serbian: Šarenogrli puzić sa tla
Swedish: Fjällstrupig markkrypare
Turkish: Çizgili gerdanlı madenci
Ukrainian: Землелаз довгодзьобий
Chinese: 鳞喉爬地雀
Chinese (Traditional): 鱗喉爬地雀
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