Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Iquitos, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Iquitos, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Iquitos, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Iquitos, Loreto
Status: The Red-and-White Spinetail is fairly common along the Amazon and Ucayali Rivers. It also ranges in part of the lower Marañon River and a small portion of the Napo River. The Red-and-White Spinetail also occurs in Co and Br.
Name in Spanish: Cola-Espina Rojo y Blanco.
Sub-species: Red-and-white Spinetail (Certhiaxis mustelinus), (P. L. Sclater), 1874.
Meaning of Name: Certhiaxis: Similar to one of the genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper. mustelinus: L. mus, muris= mouse, mustelinus= like a weasel (i.e. chestnut or tawny and white).
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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.