Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

White-throated Treerunner (Pygarrhichas albogularis) - HBW 8, p. 357

French: Picotelle à gorge blanche German: Kleiberbaumspäher Spanish: Picolezna Comesebo

Taxonomy: Dendrocolaptes albo-gularis P. P. King, 1831, no locality = presumably Strait of Magellan, Chile.
Traditionally placed near Xenops and other bark-gleaning furnariids, but plumage and biogeography suggest that such a relationship unlikely and that any similarities are due to convergence. Possible relationship to Aphrastura suggested by superficial plumage similarities and details of foraging behaviour. Monotypic.

Distribution: C & S Chile (from Santiago) and W Argentina (from Mendoza) S to Tierra del Fuego.