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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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Passeriformes
Family:
Scleruridae
Genus:
Geositta
Scientific:
Geositta cunicularia
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 Rio 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 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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Source: Clements checklist
Common Miner
Catalan:
miner comú
Czech:
kutálek obecný
Danish:
Minør
German:
Patagonienerdhacker
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
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): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| 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: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| 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): Geositta cunicularia [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Common Miner ( Geositta cunicularia) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Geositta cunicularia [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Geositta cunicularia [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Catalan: miner comú
Czech: Hrncirík králicí, kutálek obecný
Danish: Minør
German: Kaninchen-Erdacker, Kaninchenerdhacker, Patagonienerdhacker
English: Common Miner
English, HBW: Common Miner
English (IOC): Common Miner
English (United States): Common Miner
Esperanto: 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
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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