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Spartonoica maluroides

[edit] Identification

• Bright rufous cap
• Brown upperparts
• Buffy underparts
• Long brown tail
• Horn coloured legs

[edit] Variation

Birds from coastal salt marshes seems to be darker with different bill shape compared to those of inland marshes

[edit] Distribution

Extreme southern Brazil to Uruguay and central Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Swamps and saline marshes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BirdLife International
3. Wikipedia
4. Birdforum thread discussing this species

• List of references

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