''Limnoctites'' is the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of reedhaunters,

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s in the

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Furnariidae. It contains the following

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Straight-billed reedhaunter The straight-billed reedhaunter (''Limnoctites rectirostris'') is a South American bird species in the family Furnariidae. Taxonomy Formerly it was placed in ''Limnornis'' with the curve-billed reedhaunter (''Limnornis curvirostris'') which l ...

, ''Limnoctites rectirostris'' *

Sulphur-bearded reedhaunter The sulphur-bearded reedhaunter (''Limnoctites sulphuriferus'') is a species of non-migratory bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in the Pampas and adjacent areas of eastern Argentina, southern Uruguay, and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its ...

, ''Limnoctites sulphuriferus''

References

* Bird genera Taxa named by Carl Eduard Hellmayr {{Furnariidae-stub