Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Canebrake Groundcreeper (Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides) - HBW 8, p. 315

French: Synallaxe des bambous German: Halsflecken-Bündelnister Spanish: Espinero Tacuatí

Taxonomy: Anabates dendrocolaptoides Pelzeln, 1859, River Yapó, Curytiba, and Boqueirão, Paraná, Brazil.
No obvious close relatives; formerly thought to be close to Cinclodes. Sometimes placed in genus Phacellodomus, but vocal and plumage differences support treatment in monotypic genus. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Brazil (S São Paulo S to N Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay (records from Caazapá, Alto Paraná, and possibly S Caaguazú) and NE Argentina (Misiones).