Marsh Antwren

Marsh Antwren
Marsh Antwren
male "São Paulo Antwren" (see text)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Stymphalornis
Bornschein, Reinert & Teixeira, 1995
Species: S. acutirostris
Binomial name
Stymphalornis acutirostris
Bornschein, Reinert & Teixeira, 1995
Synonyms

Formicivora acutirostris

The Marsh Antwren (Stymphalornis acutirostris), also known as the Paraná Antwren, is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Stymphalornis, but possibly better included in Formicivora.[citation needed] It is endemic to marshes and swamps in the Brazilian states of Paraná and Santa Catarina. A closely related and rather similar taxon has recently been discovered near São Paulo; it is already known by the common name São Paulo Antwren. A scientific description is currently being prepared.

It is threatened by habitat loss and currently considered Endangered by BirdLife International.

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