Sharp-billed treehunter


The sharp-billed treehunter is a species of bird in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. It is the only described member of the genus Heliobletus. The species is found in south eastern South America. Considerable confusion exists about the specific and subspecific names for this species.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the southern Atlantic Forest, in south eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, northern Argentina and the extreme north east of Uruguay.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.