Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes of Colombia

Identification & Behavior: ~17.5 cm (6.8 in). The Rufous Spinetail is uniformly rufous without any hint of crown or wings of a different color. It has a distinctive black loral area. The tail is rufous. The juvenile is largely olive brown with a dusky loral area. It forages in the understory of the humid montane forest. It is similar to the Rufous Wren but is distinguished by a small body and long tail without any dusky barring as in the latter. The also similar Russet-mantled Softtail has a brownish forehead and face, not blackish lores, shorter tail, and pale bill.

Status: The Rufous Spinetail is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1700-3300 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.

Name in Spanish: Cola-Espina Rufo.

Sub-species: Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa ochrogaster), J. T. Zimmer, 1935.

Meaning of Name: Synallaxis: Gr. sunallaxeos, sunallaxis = exchange. unirufa: L. uni= single, only and rufus= rufous.

See more of the Family Furnariidae  peru aves

Distribution Maprufous spinetail

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References:

    • 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.