Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Cranioleuca (20 species)


Creamy-crested Spinetail
Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla)
Range: SA: c, s Peru
Andamarca, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Light-crowned Spinetail
Light-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca albiceps albiceps)
Range: SA: s Peru to c Bolivia
Cuyo-cuyo, Puno, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.

Light-crowned Spinetail
Light-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca albiceps discolor)
Range: SA: s Peru to c Bolivia
Cordillera Oriental, Bolivia
  Note Bolivian subspecies discolor has a buff crown.
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Line-cheeked Spinetail
Line-cheeked Spinetail (Cranioleuca antisiensis)
Range: SA: sw Ecuador, Peru
Maranon Valley, Peru  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Baron's Spinetail found in Ecuador and Peru was merged with the Line-cheeked Spinetail in IOC 9.1.

Russet-mantled Softtail
Russet-mantled Softtail (Cranioleuca berlepschi) Near Threatened
Range: SA: n Peru
Leymebamba, Amazonas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Ash-browed Spinetail
Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata)
Range: SA: c Colombia to c Bolivia
Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at mid-range altitudes, sometimes with mixed flocks. Not skulking like most spinetails. Seems to adapt to degraded forest, so perhaps should not be listed as Vulnerable.
Alt photo.

Tepui Spinetail
Tepui Spinetail (Cranioleuca demissa demissa)
Range: SA: tepuis
Monte Roraima, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by J. A. Jacomelli     Copyright and usage info


Coiba Spinetail
Coiba Spinetail (Cranioleuca dissita)
Range: MA: Panama (I. Coiba)
Coiba Island, Panama  
   
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.

Found only on Isla Coiba west of Panama.

Red-faced Spinetail
Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to w Ecuador
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Less skulking than many species of spinetail; almost like a woodcreeper.

Streak-capped Spinetail
Streak-capped Spinetail (Cranioleuca hellmayri)
Range: SA: n Colombia
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Alt. photo

Bolivian Spinetail
Bolivian Spinetail (Cranioleuca henricae) Vulnerable
Range: SA: c Bolivia
Inquisivi, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Marcapata Spinetail
Marcapata Spinetail (Cranioleuca marcapatae)
Range: SA: Marcapata (se Peru)
North side of Abra Malaga, Cusco, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Scaled Spinetail
Scaled Spinetail (Cranioleuca muelleri)
Range: SA: e Amazon
Mazagão, Amapá, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Guto Balieiro     Copyright and usage info


Olive Spinetail
Olive Spinetail (Cranioleuca obsoleta)
Range: SA: s Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina
Curitiba, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Pallid Spinetail
Pallid Spinetail (Cranioleuca pallida)
Range: SA: se Brazil
National Park da Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Stripe-crowned Spinetail
Stripe-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca pyrrhophia pyrrhophia)
Range: SA: sc, se
Islas del Ibicuy,, Entre Rios, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-headed Spinetail
Grey-headed Spinetail (Cranioleuca semicinerea)
Range: SA: e Brazil
Geossítio Ponte de Pedra, Nova Olinda, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Crested Spinetail
Crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca subcristata subcristata)
Range: SA: n Venezuela and Colombia
Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Southall   © All Rights Reserved.



Parker's Spinetail
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Range: SA: w Amazon and tributaries
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in tall grass on river islands in large rivers in the Amazon, often with the White-bellied Spinetail. Note dark sides compared to Red-and-white Spinetail
Alt. photo

Rusty-backed Spinetail
Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina vulpina)
Range: SA: Amazonia and c, e Brazil
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Vilcabamba Spinetail
Vilcabamba Spinetail (Cranioleuca weskei)
Range: SA: Vilcabamba Mts. (sc Peru)
Apalla, Junín, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Marcapata Spinetail because of marked coloration differences. Found in the Vilcabamba mountains.


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