White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chapman, 1921

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 3,700 - 4,550 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru (B).

Andes of southern Peru (Apur��mac, Cuzco).

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

Population
Estimated population is 500 - 1,500 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation through uncontrolled fires and heavy grazing are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Forages in pairs or small family groups of three or four. Often in mixed flocks.

Voice
Very vocal. Song is high-pitched trill lasting 2-5 seconds, sometimes introduced by several 'tjit' calls. A repeated 'tjit' contact call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax) [XC225012]
by id from Abra Malaga area, Cuzco, Peru (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura pileata), and considered conspecific by some authors. Together, the two presumably most closely related to Streaked Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura striata).

References
See References.

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