White-browed Spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis)

Other Names (World)
White-browed Spinetail, Lafresnaye's Spinetail, Lafresnaye's White-browed Spinetail

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
11 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,300 - 3,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

White-browed Spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis) [XC250057]
by John V. Moore from Azuay: R\u00edo Mazan, Ecuador (call)

White-browed Spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis) [XC693576]
by Peter Boesman from Chamicero del Perij\u00e1 Proaves Reserve, Cesar, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Synallaxis, but differs in voice and foraging behaviour. Almost certainly more closely related to Cranioleuca or Schizoeaca. Validity of subspecies cinereiventris merits investigation, as similar-looking birds have been reported near localities of nominate in Cundinamarca (Colombia).

Proposed subspecies rufipectus (central Andes of Colombia), described as more rufescent above and below, and pichinchae (Andes of Ecuador), said to differ from it in being paler below and darker above, considered indistinguishable from nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

gularis (Lafresnaye, 1843) - Andes of western Venezuela (southern T�chira), Colombia (all three ranges), Ecuador and northern Peru (Cajamarca).
brunneidorsalis (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1953) - North-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela (Perij� Mts).
cinereiventris (Chapman, 1912) - Andes of western Venezuela (Trujillo south to northern T�chira).
rufiventris (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896) - Andes of northern and central Peru (Amazonas south to Jun��n).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-browed Spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis) - 10 files

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