Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Long-tailed Cinclodes (Cinclodes pabsti) - HBW 8, p. 254

French: Cinclode à longue queue German: Santa Catarina-Uferwipper Spanish: Remolinera Colilarga
Other common names: Pabst’s Cinclodes

Taxonomy: Cinclodes pabsti Sick, 1969, between Tainhas and Taimbézinho, 16 km north-east of Tainhas along road to Cambaré, c. 1000 m, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Plumage similarities and biogeography suggest that closest relationship is with C. fuscus. Has been thought by some to form a superspecies with that and with C. comechingonus. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme SE Brazil (SE Santa Catarina, NE Rio Grande do Sul).