Aphrastura
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The rayaditos are a genus of bird
s in the Furnariidae, the Ovenbird (family)
.
It contains the following species:
Note: The Ovenbird
(Seiurus aurocapillus), which breeds in North America, is a distantly related bird, a wood warbler
(family Parulidae).
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s in the Furnariidae, the Ovenbird (family)
Ovenbird (family)
Ovenbirds or furnariids are a large family of small suboscine passerine birds found in Mexico, and Central and South America. They form the family Furnariidae...
.
It contains the following species:
- Thorn-tailed RayaditoThorn-tailed RayaditoThe Thorn-tailed Rayadito is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Argentina and Chile and may formerly have occurred in the Falkland Islands....
, Aphrastura spinicauda - Masafuera RayaditoMasafuera RayaditoThe Masafuera Rayadito, Aphrastura masafuerae, is a rare bird endemic to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernández Islands. The species is a member of the ovenbird family and only one of two species in the rayadito genus...
, Aphrastura masafuerae
Note: The Ovenbird
Ovenbird
The Ovenbird is a small songbird of the New World warbler family . This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and moves south in winter.-Taxonomy:...
(Seiurus aurocapillus), which breeds in North America, is a distantly related bird, a wood warbler
Wood Warbler
The Wood Warbler is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains...
(family Parulidae).