Curve-billed Reedhaunter
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| Limnornis curvirostris Gould, 1839 |
The Curve-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis curvirostris) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found marshy areas of north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, and Uruguay. It occupies a similar ecological niche to some reed warblers.
The Curve-billed Reedhaunter is monotypic within the genus Limnornis. The superficially similar Straight-billed Reedhaunter is sometimes also included in Limnornis, but evidence suggests it is closer to Cranioleuca spinetails than it is to the Curve-billed Reedhaunter.[1] Additionally, the name Limnornis was also mistakenly given to fossils from Romania, but these remains have since been reclassified as Eurolimnornis and Palaeocursornis
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- ^ Olson, S. L., M. Irestedt, P. G. P. Ericson, & J. Fjeldså. 2005. Independent evolution of two Darwinian marsh-dwelling ovenbirds (Furnariidae: Limnornis, Limnoctites). Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 347-359.
- BirdLife International 2004. Limnornis curvirostris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Gould, John (1839): [Genus Limnornis]. In: Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle. Part III: Birds. 11: 80.
- TSN 557826. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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