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Sharp-billed treehunter

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Sharp-billed treehunter
Subspecies camargoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Heliobletus
L. Reichenbach, 1853
Species:
Heliobletus
Binomial name
Heliobletus
Berlepsch, 1885
Synonyms

Anabates contaminatus

The sharp-billed treehunter (Heliobletus contaminatus) is a species of bird in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. It is the only described member of the genus Heliobletus. The species is found in south eastern South America. Considerable confusion exists about the specific and subspecific names for this species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the southern Atlantic Forest, in south eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northern Argentina and the extreme north east of Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Remsen, J.V., Jr (2017). Sharp-billed Treehunter (Heliobletus contaminatus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/56587 on 4 April 2017).