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title: "Rietzangerstekelstaart"
description: "Phleocryptes melanops — Vogels. The wren-like rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/wren-like-rushbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rietzangerstekelstaart

> Phleocryptes melanops — Vogels. The wren-like rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Phleocryptes melanops*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 2199
- Wikidata: [Q959141](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959141)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11812)

## Names

- en: Wren-like Rushbird
- de: Rohrschlüpfer
- es: Junquero
- fr: Synallaxe troglodyte
- nl: Rietzangerstekelstaart
- pt: Bate-bico
- pl: Szuwarnik

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1466), CL (301), PE (180), BR (62), UY (53), BO (26)

## Summary

The wren-like rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren-like_rushbird

## Photo

![Rietzangerstekelstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wren-like-rushbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266194660

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wren-like-rushbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).