The typical spinetails, ''Cranioleuca'', are a genus of
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bi ...
birds in the ovenbird family
Furnariidae.
This is a homogeneous group of small birds that live in forested habitats. The spinetails in this genus differ from those placed in ''
Synallaxis'' in having shorter tails and being more arboreal. They are less vocal and more frequently join mixed flocks.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus ''Cranioleuca'' was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist
Ludwig Reichenbach
Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific education and museum ...
with the
light-crowned spinetail
The light-crowned spinetail (''Cranioleuca albiceps'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia
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as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
. The name combines the
Ancient Greek
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''kranion'' meaning "skull" with ''leukos'' meaning "white".
The genus contains 19 species:
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Creamy-crested spinetail, ''Cranioleuca albicapilla''
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Light-crowned spinetail
The light-crowned spinetail (''Cranioleuca albiceps'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia
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, ''Cranioleuca albiceps''
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Marcapata spinetail, ''Cranioleuca marcapatae''
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Line-cheeked spinetail, ''Cranioleuca antisiensis''
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Ash-browed spinetail
The ash-browed spinetail (''Cranioleuca curtata'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular region ...
, ''Cranioleuca curtata''
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Streak-capped spinetail, ''Cranioleuca hellmayri''
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Tepui spinetail
The tepui spinetail (''Cranioleuca demissa'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae.
It is found in Venezuela and adjacent areas of Roraima and Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a count ...
, ''Cranioleuca demissa''
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Pallid spinetail
The pallid spinetail (''Cranioleuca pallida'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
References
pallid spinetail
Birds of the At ...
, ''Cranioleuca pallida''
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Red-faced spinetail, ''Cranioleuca erythrops''
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Grey-headed spinetail
The grey-headed spinetail (''Cranioleuca semicinerea'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
References
grey-headed spinetail
Birds of t ...
, ''Cranioleuca semicinerea''
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Crested spinetail, ''Cranioleuca subcristata''
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Olive spinetail, ''Cranioleuca obsoleta''
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Stripe-crowned spinetail, ''Cranioleuca pyrrhophia''
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Rusty-backed spinetail, ''Cranioleuca vulpina''
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Coiba spinetail, ''Cranioleuca dissita''
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Parker's spinetail or white-breasted spinetail, ''Cranioleuca vulpecula''
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Speckled spinetail, ''Cranioleuca gutturata''
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Scaled spinetail, ''Cranioleuca muelleri''
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Bolivian spinetail
The Bolivian spinetail or Inquisivi spinetail (''Cranioleuca henricae'') is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae, which was discovered in 1993 near Inquisivi, in the department of La Paz.
It is endemic to Bolivia. Its natural habitat ...
, ''Cranioleuca henricae''
References
Bird genera
Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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