The striated earthcreeper (''Geocerthia serrana'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family Furnariidae. It is

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within ''Geocerthia'', but has traditionally been included in ''

Upucerthia ''Upucerthia'' is a genus of bird in the family Furnariidae. Taxonomy and etymology ''Upucerthia'' is a genus of bird in the family Furnariidae. Established by French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1832, it contains four species ...

''. The two genera are not particularly close.Chesser, R. T., S. C. Claramunt, E. Derryberry, & R. T. Brumfield (2009). ''Geocerthia, a new genus of terrestrial ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae).'' Zootaxa 2213: 64-68. The striated earthcreeper is found in woodland and shrub in the

Andean The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the List of mountain ranges#Mountain ranges by length, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range i ...

highlands of western

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