Curve-billed Reedhaunter

Limnornis curvirostris Gould, 1839

Furnariidae — Ovenbirds

Curve-billed Reedhaunter, Limnornis curvirostris, is a passerine of the Furnariidae that breeds in south Argentina, south Uruguay and south Brazil. It is the only species in its genus and has no subspecies. A small furnariid, it is marked by a long, strongly curved bill and plumage that is similar to some Old World reed warblers. The sexes look alike. It lives in freshwater marshes and also in brackish wetlands such as coastal lagoons, usually in coastal areas at low elevation.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Breeding range
South America: ne Argentina, s Uruguay and s Brazil
Curve-billed Reedhaunter
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