Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)

Other Names (World)
Red-faced Spinetail, Lawrence's Spinetail (rufigenis)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1860)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 150 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama.

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 (66)...)

Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) [XC217966]
by Jerome Fischer from Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) [XC3831]
by Andrew Spencer from Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Tepui Spinetail (Cranioleuca demissa), Streak-capped Spinetail (Cranioleuca hellmayri), Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata), Line-cheeked Spinetail (Cranioleuca antisiensis) and Baron's Spinetail (Cranioleuca baroni) and all share plumage similarities and mostly lower montane distribution, and their close relationship is consistent with recent genetic data. Racial identity of birds in eastern Panama uncertain. Tentatively placed with griseigularis. Specimens from southern Colombia may be intermediate between griseigularis and nominate subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

rufigenis (Lawrence, 1868) - Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.
griseigularis (Ridgway, 1909) - Extreme eastern Panama (Cerro Pirre, Cerro Tacarcuna, Cerro Mali) and western and central Andes of Colombia (on western slope from Antioquia south to Quind��o).
erythrops (Sclater, 1860) - Andes of western Ecuador (south to north-western Azuay, also in coastal Cordillera de Mache in south-western Manab�� and western Guayas).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) - 10 files

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