Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Phleocryptes (1 species)



Wren-like Rushbird
Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops)
Range: SA: w and Southern Cone
Lago Titicaca, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in marshes deep in tall reeds, at all altitudes. Note bill-clicking sound.
Reference photo of a coastal Peru race.
Foraging.


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