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Black-billed Treehunter
Thripadectes melanorhynchus (Tschudi, 1844)
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Black-billed Treehunter, Thripadectes melanorhynchus, is a bird of the Furnariidae family that breeds in South America from Colombia south to central Peru. It was described by Tschudi in 1844. It lives mainly on the eastern slopes of the Andes, especially in montane evergreen forest, and also uses secondary growth and stunted forest on ridges. The nominate form has the wider range, while T. m. striaticeps occurs farther north in Colombia and reaches into northern Ecuador.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia to c Peru
