''Tarphonomus'' is a

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bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

s in the

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Furnariidae. They are found in shrubby habitats in south-central

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. They were formerly included in the genus ''

Upucerthia ''Upucerthia'' is a genus of bird in the family Furnariidae. Taxonomy and etymology ''Upucerthia'' is a genus of bird in the family Furnariidae. Established by French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1832, it contains four species ...

''. It contains the following

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References

* SACC (2007)
Recognize the genus ''Tarphonomus'' for two "''Upucerthia''".
Accessed 2008-10-28. Bird genera {{Furnariidae-stub