Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner
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The Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner (Automolus lammi) is a species of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 in the Furnariidae family. It is found in forests of north-eastern Brazil
Brazil
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. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

 of the White-eyed Foliage-gleaner
White-eyed Foliage-gleaner
The White-eyed Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in forests and old second growth in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina. Until recently, it included the Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner as a subspecies.-References:* BirdLife...

. The morphology
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....

 of the two is very similar, but their voices differ significantly. Following the split, the Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner has not been rated by BirdLife International
BirdLife International
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, but as it is restricted to a region with extensive habitat destruction
Habitat destruction
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, its status gives cause for concern.
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