Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Endangered
Scaled Spinetail (Cranioleuca muelleri)
Taxonomy
French: Synallaxe écaillé German: Schuppenbauch-Baumschlüpfer Spanish: Curutié escamoso
Taxonomy:
Siptornis mülleri
Hellmayr
, 1911,Fazenda Nazareth, Mexiana Island, Brazil
.Distribution:
R Amazon in Brazil, from extreme E Amazonas E to S Amapá and Mexiana I.
Descriptive notes
14–15 cm; 14–15 g. Dark Cranioleuca with scaly-looking underparts, giving juvenile-like appearance. Has narrow pale supercilium, dull brownish face... read more
Voice
No information.
Habitat
Flooded tropical evergreen forest, mainly undergrowth of várzea forest; 0–200 m.
Food and feeding
Arthropods. Forages usually in pairs, often in mixed-species flocks, from undergrowth to mid-storey. Hitches along small branches;... read more
Breeding
No information; only unconfirmed mention of nest as a globular mass of sticks and placed in tree.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
ENDANGERED. Restricted-range species: present in Amazon Flooded Forests EBA. Poorly known species; apparently uncommon, and population thought likely to be relatively small.... read more
See C. vulpecula. Monotypic.