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Sharp-billed Treehunter
Heliobletus contaminatus Berlepsch, 1885
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Sharp-billed Treehunter, Heliobletus contaminatus, is a passerine in the ovenbird family Furnariidae and breeds in south-eastern South America. It lives in humid evergreen forest, both in lowlands and in montane areas, across south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and extreme north-eastern Uruguay. The species is the only member of Heliobletus. It has a short, pointed bill that curves slightly downwards, and the sexes look alike. Two subspecies are recognised, with the nominate form described by Berlepsch in 1885.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: se
