Rusty-backed Spinetail
Cranioleuca vulpina(Pelzeln, A, 1856)
English (US) Rusty-backed Spinetail
The Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina) 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 vulpina
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rusty-backed Spinetail
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1856)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Cranioleuca vulpina apurensis
- Cranioleuca vulpina vulpina
- Cranioleuca vulpina foxi
- Cranioleuca vulpina reiseri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Synallaxis vulpina
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1856)
- Type locality
- Brazil = Rio Claro and Guardamor [Goiaz], Engenho do Gama, Villa Maria, Matto Grosso [Mato Grosso] and Rio Madeira [Amazonas]; Engenho do Gama, Rio Guapore, Mato Grosso, designated by Hellmayr, antea, p. 124, note c, ex op. cit., 34, 1859, p. 122.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 20 p.162
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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