''Ochetorhynchus'' is a

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of earthcreepers,

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s in the

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Furnariidae. They are found in open to semi-open habitats in

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and

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. The genus contains the following

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: *

Rock earthcreeper The rock earthcreeper (''Ochetorhynchus andaecola'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in the Puna grassland of Bolivia and northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude s ...

, ''Ochetorhynchus andaecola'' – formerly in genus ''

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 ...

''. * Straight-billed earthcreeper, ''Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus '' – formerly in genus ''Upucerthia''. * Band-tailed earthcreeper, ''Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus'' – formerly in

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genus ''Eremobius''. *

Crag chilia The crag chilia (''Ochetorhynchus melanurus'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae (ovenbirds). It is endemic to Chile.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood ...

, ''Ochetorhynchus melanurus'' – formerly in monotypic genus ''Chilia''.

References

* SACC (2007)
Reinstate Ochetorhynchus and merge Chilia and Eremobius into it.
Accessed 2008-10-28. Bird genera {{Furnariidae-stub