Wren-like Rushbird
Phleocryptes melanops(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Wren-like Rushbird
The Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Phleocryptes melanops
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wren-like Rushbird
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Phleocryptes melanops brunnescens
- Phleocryptes melanops schoenobaenus
- Phleocryptes melanops loaensis
- Phleocryptes melanops melanops
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia melanops
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 11 p.232
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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