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Genus: Leptasthenura (9 species)


Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura aegithaloides pallida) Range: SA: s Peru through Southern Cone Valdés Peninsula, Chubut province, Argentina
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Andean Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura andicola andicola) Range: SA: w Venezuela to n Bolivia Cajas National Park, Ecuador
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Only found in the paramo treeless ecosystem over 3500m.


Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura fuliginiceps fuliginiceps) Range: SA: Bolivia to nw, wc Argentina Siberia, Bolivia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura pileata pileata) Range: SA: Peru San Pedro de Casta, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Tufted Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) Range: SA: n Argentina and c Paraguay to s Brazil, Uruguay and ec Argentina Esteros de Farrapos National Park, Uruguay
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Araucaria Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura setaria) Near Threatened Range: SA: ne Argentina and se Brazil Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil
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Almost always seen on Araucaria tree (Athanas).


Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura striata albigularis) Range: SA: w Peru to nw Chile Colca Canyon, Peru
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Striolated Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura striolata) Range: SA: se Brazil Aparados da Serra National Park, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax) Endangered Range: SA: s Peru Abra Málaga, Peru
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo © All Rights Reserved.

Found at extremely high altitudes in polylepis forests.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba