Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera) habitat landscape 

The Campo Miner (Geositta poeciloptera) is a threatened
Neotropical grassland bird that builds its nests in cavities.
They excavate in the soil, usually along steep soil banks.
Here, aided by a drone, we show the landscape where this
bird occurs. It’s mainly dominated by soft relief and grasslands.
Together with natural banks, roadsides
and ravines such as this on the image,
provide nest sites for the species.
This video accompanies to the article by Ricardo Meireles et al. 2021 "Nest survival of the threatened Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera: a tropical cavity-nesting grassland bird", published in Austral Ecology (doi.org/10.1111...)
To learn more about this species, you can check out the articles we have been publishing about this incredible bird:
doi.org/10.108...
doi.org/10.137...