Creamy-crested Spinetail
Cranioleuca albicapilla(Cabanis, JL, 1873)
English (US) Creamy-crested Spinetail
The Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cranioleuca albicapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Creamy-crested Spinetail
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cranioleuca albicapilla albicapilla
- Cranioleuca albicapilla albigula
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Synallaxis albicapilla
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1873)
- Type locality
- Maraynioc, Peru.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 21, no.123 p.319
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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