Des Murs's Wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii)
About the Des Murs's Wiretail
Des Murs's wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii) is a small passerine bird of southern South America which belongs to the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Molecular phylogenetics places it within the Synallaxinae and indicates that the genus diverged from the Leptasthenura about 14–15 million years ago. Des Murs's wiretail was illustrated and given the binomial name Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii by the French naturalist Claude Gay in 1845. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the French ornithologist Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 74 recordings for this species: 12 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Chile in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Andean FlickerColaptes rupicolarecording
- Andean GullChroicocephalus serranusrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.