Breeding of the Straight-billed reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris) in Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Abstract
Nesting Straight-Billed Reedhaunters (Limornis rectirostris) were found in 8 enavídez, Province of Buenos Aires, in a marshy tract near the Río Luján. Eryngium eburneum was one of the numerically important plants in the site. The bird’s bill is probably adapted to extract prey from the bromeliad-like rosettes of this plant. The bird is somewhat creeper-like in its habits, resembling at times Cranioleuca pyrrhophia. A single nest was found, built in an Eryngium, ellipsoidal in shape with a side entrance; it contained 3 white eggs. The findings agree with the only other nest described in the literature.
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How to cite
Jose Jorge Ricci, Fabio Ricci (1985). Breeding of the Straight-billed reedhaunter (Limnornis rectirostris) in Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. El Hornero, Vol. 12 No. 3 (1985), 205-208. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v12i3.1195
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