Tufted Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenbach, 1853

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

Northern and central Argentina (Salta, Formosa and Corrientes south to northern Chubut and southern Buenos Aires), extreme south-eastern Brazil (extreme western Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay; recorded also in southern Paraguay.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Tufted Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) [XC273275]
by Peter Boesman from North of Cafayate, Salta, Argentina (song)

Tufted Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) [XC273274]
by Peter Boesman from San Jose de las Salinas, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Plumage similarities have suggested to some that this and mostly parapatric Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura aegithaloides) are sister-species.

References
See References.

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