Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura pileata)

Other Names (World)
Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Streak-crowned Tit-spinetail (cajabambae)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
16.50 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1881

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,000 - 4,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru.

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 (1)...)

Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura pileata) [XC224988]
by Dries Van de Loock from Cruz Conga area, Cajamarca, Peru (song)

Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura pileata) [XC387840]
by id from Huascaran NP, E side Abra Portachuelo, Ancash dept., Peru (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax), and considered conspecific by some authors. Together, the two are presumably most closely related to Streaked Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura striata). Subspecies cajabambae has alternatively been considered a subspecies of Streaked Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura striata), but may merit species rank.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cajabambae Chapman, 1921 - Northern and central Peru (Cajamarca south to Ancash, and dry interior slopes of eastern Andes south to Jun��n).
pileata Sclater, 1881 - West-central Peru (Chill�n and Rimac Valleys, in Lima).
latistriata Koepcke, 1965 - South-central Peru (western Huancavelica, Ayacucho).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura pileata) - 10 files

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