Des Murs's Wiretail and Tawny Tit-Spinetail
Sylviorthorhynchus
Des Murs's wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii) is a small passerine bird of southern South America which belongs to the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is the only member of the genus Sylviorthorhynchus. Molecular phylogenetics places it within the Synallaxinae and indicates that the genus diverged from the Leptasthenura about 14-15 million years ago.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
Des Murs's Wiretail
speciesSylviorthorhynchus desmursii
Tawny Tit-Spinetail
speciesSylviorthorhynchus yanacensis
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 11771.