A small furnariid of 13 to 15 cm fully adapted to life in the cattail and rush beds. The plumage is brown with longitudinal black streaks above, a whitish throat and breast and a very visible white supercilium. The bill is short and slightly curved. The tail is short. It inhabits exclusively the dense rush and cattail beds where the ground is permanently flooded. Unlike the Yellow-chinned Spinetail, it is more cryptic and inconspicuous in its movements.
Behaviour
Very discreet and hard to see. It moves stealthily among the base of the stems just centimeters above the water, looking for aquatic insects. Its song is a dry, mechanical rattle, like a ratchet or two pebbles knocking together, heard from within the reed bed without the bird being visible. It builds a spherical nest tied to several cattail stems.
How and when to see it
Year round. Easily heard in the reed beds of all the portals but hard to see. Navigating very slowly by kayak along the edge of the cattail bed is the best way to see it.
Where to see it in the Iberá
The gateways of the Great Iberá Park where wren-like rushbird has confirmed presence:
Tours to see it
Verified providers operating at the gateways where wren-like rushbird lives. You contact them directly on WhatsApp from the app.
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Species profile
- Common nameWren-like Rushbird
- Scientific namePhleocryptes melanops
- GroupBird
- StatusNative
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