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title: "Common Miner"
description: "Geositta cunicularia — Birds. The common miner (Geositta cunicularia) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-miner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Miner

> Geositta cunicularia — Birds. The common miner (Geositta cunicularia) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Geositta cunicularia*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 811
- Wikidata: [Q847151](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847151)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10758](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10758)

## Names

- en: Common Miner
- de: Kaninchenerdhacker
- es: Caminera estriada
- fr: Géositte mineuse
- nl: Gewone holengraver
- pt: Curriqueiro
- pl: Dróżniczek białobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

AR (269), CL (197), BR (69), UY (61), PE (40), BO (8)

## Summary

The common miner (Geositta cunicularia) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Sclerurinae, the leaftossers and miners, of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_miner

## Photo

![Common Miner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-miner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116008171

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-miner?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).