Wren-like rushbird

Wren-like rushbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Phleocryptes
Cabanis & Heine, 1859
Species: P. melanops
Binomial name
Phleocryptes melanops
(Vieillot, 1817)

The wren-like rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Phleocryptes. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is swamps.

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