Grey-headed Spinetail
Cranioleuca semicinerea(Reichenbach, HGL, 1853)
English (US) Gray-headed Spinetail
UK name: Grey-headed Spinetail
The Grey-headed Spinetail (Cranioleuca semicinerea) 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.
Range: eastern Brazil from Ceará and Alagoas southward to southern Goiás, extreme northern Minas Gerais, and BahiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cranioleuca semicinerea
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Spinetail
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Spinetail
- Described by
- (Reichenbach, HGL, 1853)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Leptoxyura semicinerea
- Described by
- (Reichenbach, HGL, 1853)
- Type locality
- Brazil; Baia suggested as type locality by Hellmayr, antea, p. 126.
- Original description
- Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie, Icon. Synops. Avium, Scansoriae (Icon.Syn.Av.no.10) p.170
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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