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Limnoctites rectirostris

Limnornis rectirostris^[2][4]

Photo by Fritz73
Photographed: Otamendi Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Identification

16 cm. Grey brown upperparts with whitish supercillium; rufous wings and tail. Underparts white becoming buff on flanks and undertail. Immature cinnamon above and ochraceous below.

Distribution

North-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, and Uruguay.

Taxonomy

This species is monotypic, and the only species in the genus Limnoctites.^[1][3] However, some ornithologists believe it belongs in genus Cranioleuca.

Habitat

Marshy areas associated with spiny plants.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. {Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
4. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.

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