Bay-capped wren-spinetail

Bay-capped wren-spinetail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Spartonoica
J.L. Peters, 1950
Species: S. maluroides
Binomial name
Spartonoica maluroides
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The bay-capped wren-spinetail (Spartonoica maluroides) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Spartonoica.[2]

It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are swamps and intermittent saline marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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