Wren-like Rushbird

Phleocryptes melanops

Least Concern

The Wren-like Rushbird is a rushbird of marshes and reedbeds in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. It clambers through reeds and rushes, gleaning insects low over the water. Fun fact: The family is named for the horneros, which build sturdy oven-shaped nests out of mud.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Wren-like Rushbird Range — Marshes and reedbeds of Argentina, Chile, and Peru

Population

≈ Not quantified

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