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The Royal cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) is a bird found in Peru and Bolivia. Found in Peru and Bolivia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Royal cinclodes lives

Found in Peru and Bolivia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Royal cinclodes

Recorded by Joseph Tobias and Nathalie Seddon (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC73370. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Royal cinclodes

Where does the Royal cinclodes live?

The Royal cinclodes lives in Peru and Bolivia. Found in Peru and Bolivia.

What does the Royal cinclodes eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), seeds and nuts (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Royal cinclodes endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from South America

• Eared dove
• Saffron finch
• Brown skua
• Black-billed thrush
• Tropical mockingbird
• Striated heron

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.