The reedhaunters are two species of marsh-dwelling Furnariid

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s found in south-eastern

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, north-eastern

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and

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. They occupy a similar

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to some

reed warblers The ''Acrocephalus'' warblers are small, insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus ''Acrocephalus''. Formerly in the paraphyletic Old World warbler assemblage, they are now separated as the namesake of the marsh and tree warbler famil ...

. The two species are superficially similar, and often included in the same

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, ''Limnornis'', but evidence suggests the straight-billed reedhaunter is closer to the '' Cranioleuca'' spinetails than it is to the curve-billed reedhaunter.Olson, S. L., M. Irestedt, P. G. P. Ericson, & J. Fjeldså. 2005. ''Independent evolution of two Darwinian marsh-dwelling ovenbirds (Furnariidae: Limnornis, Limnoctites).'' Ornitologia Neotropical 16: 347-359.

Species

* Curve-billed reedhaunter (''Limnornis curvirostris''). *

Straight-billed reedhaunter The straight-billed reedhaunter (''Limnoctites rectirostris'') is a South American bird species in the family Furnariidae. Taxonomy Formerly it was placed in ''Limnornis'' with the curve-billed reedhaunter (''Limnornis curvirostris'') which li ...

(''Limnoctites rectirostris'').

References

{{Reflist Furnariidae