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Common Miner

Geositta cunicularia (Vieillot, LJP 1816)

The common miner is a passerine bird of South America, belonging to the ovenbird family. It is a ground-dwelling bird which feeds on insects and seeds. It has about 9 different subspecies, some of which may be better treated as separate species. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Scleruridae
Genus:
   Geositta
Scientific:
  Geositta cunicularia


Original description

Citation:
  (Vieillot, LJP 1816)

Reference:
   Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 1 p.369

Protonym:
  Alauda cunicularia

Type locality:
  Environs of the Río de la Plata and in the pampas of Buenos Aires.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/68873#page/473/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4EE70F321F6506B4

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4EE70F32

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4EE70F32


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560227

Geographic range:

  • Geositta cunicularia: grassland and arid scrub from the Andes of central Peru, in Huanuco, southeastward to western Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina, and in southeastern Brazil from Santa Catarina southward across Uruguay to eastern Buenos Aires, Argentina; migrates southward across Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; also in the coast of southern Peru from Ica southward to southern Chile
  • Geositta cunicularia cunicularia: far southern Brazil to Uruguay, Argentina, and Tierra del Fuego
  • Geositta cunicularia hellmayri: western Argentina
  • Geositta cunicularia contrerasi: west-central Argentina (Sierras Grandes in Córdoba)
  • Geositta cunicularia frobeni: arid Andes of southern Peru (Arequipa and Tacna)
  • Geositta cunicularia juninensis: highlands of Peru (Junín and Huancavelica)
  • Geositta cunicularia titicacae: high plateau of southern Peru to far northern Chile and northwestern Argentina
  • Geositta cunicularia georgei: lomas of coastal southern Peru
  • Geositta cunicularia deserticolor: arid littoral of southwestern Peru (Arequipa) to northern Chile (Atacama)
  • Geositta cunicularia fissirostris: central Chile (southern Atacama to Llanquihué)
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English:
Common Miner
Bulgarian:
Обикновена земеродна пещарка
Catalan:
miner comú
Czech:
kutálek obecný
Danish:
Minør
German:
Patagonienerdhacker
Esperanto:
ordinara geosito
Spanish:
Minero Común
Spanish (Spain):
Minero Común
Finnish:
nurmikaivaja
French:
Géositte mineuse
Croatian:
pjegavoprsa rudarica
Italian:
Minatore comune
Japanese (romaji):
jikamadodori
Japanese:
ジカマドドリ
Lithuanian:
Paprastasis urvinis krosnius
Dutch:
Gewone Holengraver
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Patagoniatunnelfugl
Norwegian:
Patagoniatunnelfugl
Polish:
dróżniczek białobrzuchy
Portuguese:
Curriqueiro
Portuguese (Brazil):
curriqueiro
Portuguese (Portugal):
mineiro-comum
Russian:
Кроличий землекоп
Slovak:
kazarita haviarska
Serbian:
Obični rudar
Swedish:
patagonienminerare
Turkish:
Madenci
Ukrainian:
Землекоп світлочеревий
Chinese:
掘穴雀
Chinese (Traditional):
普通礦雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Géositte mineuse ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Géositte mineuse ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2025:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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eBird version 2025:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Geositta cunicularia [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Geositta cunicularia [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
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South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
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South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
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South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
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South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
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South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
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South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
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South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
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South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
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South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
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South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
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South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
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South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
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South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
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South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
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South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
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South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
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South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
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South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
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South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025):
Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Geositta cunicularia [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Geositta cunicularia [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Bulgarian: Обикновена земеродна пещарка
Catalan: miner comú
Czech: Hrncirík králicí, kutálek obecný
Danish: Minør
German: Kaninchen-Erdacker, Kaninchenerdhacker, Patagonienerdhacker
English: Common Miner
English (Avilist): Common Miner
English, HBW: Common Miner
English (IOC): Common Miner
English (United States): Common Miner
Esperanto: ordinara geosito, Ordinara ministo
Spanish: Caminera, Caminera Común, Minero, Minero argentino, Minero Común
Spanish (Argentine): Caminera común, Caminera Estriada
Spanish (Bolivia): Caminera común
Spanish (Chile): Minero, Minero común
Spanish (Spain): Minero Común
Spanish (HBW): Common Miner
Spanish (Peru): Minero Común
Spanish (Paraguay): Caminera
Spanish (Uruguay): Caminera
Finnish: Nurmikaivaja
French: Géositte fouisseuse, Géositte mineuse
French (Guyane): Géositte mineuse
Croatian: pjegavoprsa rudarica
Italian: Minatore comune
Japanese (romaji): jikamadodori
Japanese: ジカマドドリ
Scientific: Alauda cunicularia, Alauda fisirostra, Geositta cunicularia, Geositta cunicularia cunicularia
Lithuanian: Paprastasis urvinis krosnius
Dutch: Gewone Holengraver
Norwegian Nynorsk: Patagoniatunnelfugl
Norwegian: Patagoniatunnelfugl
Polish: drózniczek bialobrzuchy, dróżniczek białobrzuchy
Portuguese: Curriqueiro, curriqueiro-comum
Portuguese (Brazil): Curriqeiro Comum, Curriqueiro, curriqueiro-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Curriqueiro, mineiro-comum
Russian: Кроличий землекоп, Кроличий печник-землекоп
Slovak: kazarita haviarska
Serbian: Obični rudar
Swedish: Minerare, patagonienminerare
Turkish: Madenci
Ukrainian: Землекоп світлочеревий
Chinese: 掘穴雀
Chinese (Traditional): 普通礦雀

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