Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Cranioleuca (4 species, 20 worldwide)


Line-cheeked Spinetail
Line-cheeked Spinetail (Cranioleuca antisiensis)
Maranon Valley, Peru  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Baron's Spinetail found in Ecuador and Peru was merged with the Line-cheeked Spinetail in IOC 9.1.

Ash-browed Spinetail
Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata)
Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at mid-range altitudes, sometimes with mixed flocks. Not skulking like most spinetails. Seems to adapt to degraded forest, so perhaps should not be listed as Vulnerable.
Alt photo.

Red-faced Spinetail
Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Less skulking than many species of spinetail; almost like a woodcreeper.


Parker's Spinetail
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in tall grass on river islands in large rivers in the Amazon, often with the White-bellied Spinetail. Note dark sides compared to Red-and-white Spinetail
Alt. photo


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