Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa)

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lafresnaye, 1843

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,200 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (39)...)

Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa) [XC260652]
by Peter Boesman from Napo: 'Caba\u00f1as San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador (song)

Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa) [XC251582]
by John V. Moore from Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis castanea) and Rusty-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis fuscorufa) and all three have sometimes been considered conspecific, but substantial vocal differences documented and reciprocal playback trials reveal pronounced vocal discrimination. Birds in Cajamarca (northern Peru), duller and less rufous than any others, apparently represent an undescribed subspecies.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

munoztebari Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1953 - Perij� Mts of north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.
meridana Hartert & Goodson, 1917 - Andes of western Venezuela (Trujillo south to T�chira) and north-central Colombia (extreme north-western part of eastern range in Norte de Santander).
unirufa Lafresnaye, 1843 - Andes of Colombia (southern possibly from Choc� in western range, from Antioquia in central, and in Cundinamarca and western Casanare in east) and Ecuador (on western slope southern only to western Cotopaxi).
ochrogaster Zimmer, JT, 1935 - Peruvian Andes from Amazonas south to northern Cuzco (Cordillera Vilcabamba).

References
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Files:

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