Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnoctites rectirostris) - HBW 8, p. 261
French: Synallaxe à bec droit
German: Grauscheitel-Riedschlüpfer
Spanish: Pajonalera Piquirrecta
Other common names: Straight-billed Reedrunner
Taxonomy: Limnornis rectirostris Gould, 1839, Maldonado, Uruguay.
No obvious close relatives; placed by some authors in genus Limnornis, whereas others do not consider the two genera closely related. Differs strongly from that taxon in tail structure, nest materials used, and white egg colour. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SE Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay and extreme E Argentina (Entre Ríos, N Buenos Aires).
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An individual in a reedbed singing and flying to the base of a "caraguatá" (Eryngium), a spiny apiaceous herb that dominates the Locality Otamendi Natural Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 31 sec 4 -
A male singing Locality Uruguay
Alvaro Riccetto 15 February 2009 2 years ago 24 sec 3 -
A bird singing far away. Locality Rocha Department, Uruguay (Monotypic species)
Enric Fontcuberta Trepat 1 September 2008 3 years ago 41 sec 2
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A bird in a reedbed.
Locality Otamendi Natural Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 3 years ago 3.3 -
A bird in a reedbed.
Locality Otamendi Natural Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 2 years ago 3
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A sequence of song.
Locality Otamendi Natural Reserve, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 September 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
A single song phrase. Locality São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 25 April 2008 2 years ago 3
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