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 NT
Habitat destruction and degradation due to accelerating deforestation is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Cabanis's Spinetail (Synallaxis cabanisi) [XC152965]
by id from Satipo road, Junin, Peru (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with McConnell's Spinetail (Synallaxis macconnelli) and Dusky Spinetail (Synallaxis moesta), and all have often been treated as conspecific. Differs from former in juvenile plumage and from latter in tail structure. Racial identity of disjunct population in Brazil (northern Mato Grosso) uncertain and tentatively assigned to nominate subspecies.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
cabanisi Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890 - Andean foothills in central and southern Peru (Huánuco south to Puno, possibly also western Ucayali); probably also central Brazil (northern Mato Grosso).
fulviventris Chapman, 1924 - Foothills of Andes in northern Bolivia (La Paz, western Beni, Cochabamba).
Similar Species
Dusky Spinetail (Synallaxis moesta) also has a chestnut crown, but it does not extend to the forehead as in Cabanis's Spinetail (Synallaxis cabanisi). Throat appears more barred in Cabanis's Spinetail (Synallaxis cabanisi) due to whitish feather margins.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet