
Long-billed Gnatwrens
Ramphocaenus
The long-billed gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus) is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It is the only member of the genus Ramphocaenus (Vieillot, 1819), which means ‘unusual beak’, from the Ancient Greek rhamphos (ῥάµϕος, ‘beak’) and cænos (καινός, ‘strange’).
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7617.

