Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Taxonomy
French: Synallaxe de Parker German: Flussbaumschlüpfer Spanish: Curutié de Parker
Taxonomy:
Synallaxis vulpecula
P. L. Sclater and Salvin
, 1866,Río Ucayali, Peru
.Distribution:
E Ecuador (R Napo), NE Peru (R Amazon, lower R Ucayali), SW Amazonian Brazil (R Amazon E locally to R Negro, also R Juruá, R Purus, upper R Madeira) and extreme NE Bolivia (lower R Beni in Pando and extreme N Beni#R).
Descriptive notes
13–14 cm; 17–21 g. Has dull buff supercilium, dark brownish lores and postocular stripe, vaguely flammulated auriculars; forecrown cinnamon-brown, blending to... read more
Voice
Song an accelerating and descending series of nasal “tew” notes that ends in chortling... read more
Habitat
River-island scrub; early-successional scrub on young to medium-aged river islands, from ... read more
Food and feeding
Arthropods. Forages singly or in pairs, from undergrowth up to subcanopy. Gleans items from stems, bark crevices and holes on small... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Fairly common to common throughout range. Linear nature of habitat naturally makes global population rather small.
Genetic data#R indicate that this species is sister to a group that includes C. berlepschi, C. vulpina (with dissita) and C. muelleri; formerly considered conspecific with C. vulpina (see below). Monotypic.