Straight-billed Reedhaunter

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The Straight-billed Reedhaunter is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The superficially similar Straight-billed Reedhaunter is sometimes also included in Limnornis, but evidence suggests it is closer to Cranioleuca spinetails than it is to the Curve-billed Reedhaunter. Additionally, the name Limnornis was also mistakenly given to fossils from Romania, but these remains have since been reclassified as Eurolimnornis and Palaeocursornis References - 1. ^ Olson, S. L., M. Irestedt, P. G. P. Ericson, & J. Fjeldså. More

The Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnoctites rectirostris) is a South American bird species in the family Furnariidae. It is today placed in the monotypic genus Limnoctites. Formerly it was – and in some works it still is – placed in Limnornis with the Curve-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis curvirostris) which lives in the same general region and habitat, and thus shares some adaptations with L. rectirostris. But L. rectirostris seems closer to the typical spinetails (Cranioleuca) than to the Curve-billed Reedhaunter. More

The straight-billed reedhaunter is slender-bodied, with greyish-brown upperparts ... More

straight-billed reedhaunter is the very long, straight bill (5), which may be an adaptation for extracting insect prey from amongst the leaves and flower heads of spiny plant species (3). More

Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Near Threatened Justification This species has narrow habitat requirements, and is likely to have a moderately small and fragmented population which may be declining owing to habitat loss. It is therefore considered Near Threatened. More

The superficially similar Straight-billed Reedhaunter is sometimes also included in Limnornis, but evidence suggests it is closer to Cranioleuca spinetails than it is to the Curve-billed Reedhaunter. More

Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis rectirostris = Described by: Gould (1839) Alternate common name(s): Straight-billed Reedrunner Old scientific name(s): Limnoctites rectirostris Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range Se. temperate South America; Ex. se. Brazil, se. Uruguay (Banado los Indios) and ne. Argentina (Entre Rios). More

Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris), Uruguay, Colonia Don Bosco (Laguna Negra) 16 september 2006 © Fabian Schneider Send this as a postcard Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris) - Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris), Uruguay, Colonia Don Bosco (Laguna Negra) 16 september 2006 © Fabian Schneider Send this as a postcard Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris) - Straight-billed Reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris), Uruguay, Colonia Don Bosco (Laguna Negra) More