White-bellied Cinclodes
Cinclodes palliatus
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Birds
The white-bellied cinclodes is a species of bird in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru where it inhabits high level, marshy grassland in the Junín Region and possibly also in the Huancavelica Region. This is a very large furnariid with dark upper parts and gleaming white underparts. It is a rare bird with very specific habitat requirements and is threatened by habitat destruction. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being "critically endangered".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae
- Genus
- Cinclodes