Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Sina Valley, Puno
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Maruncunca, Puno
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. La Paz, Bolivia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. La Paz, Bolivia
Identification & Behavior: ~17 cm (6.6 in). The Light-crowned Spinetail has a rufous back and tail. The crown is white bordered by black superciliary. The neck and most of the underparts are gray-brown. It forages in the understory of humid montane forest where it is associated with bamboo thickets. The Light-crowned Spinetail does not geographically overlap with the very similar Marcapata Spinetail or the Creamy-crested Spinetail.
Status: The Light-crowned Spinetail is restricted to a small range on extreme southeast Peru at elevations ranging between 2750-3200 m. It also occurs in Bo.
Name in Spanish: Cola-Espina de Corona Pálida.
Sub-species: Light-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca albiceps albiceps), d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837.
Meaning of Name: Cranioleuca: Gr. kranion= skull, head and leukos= white. albiceps: L. albus= white and ceps= head, headed.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.