Andean Tit-Spinetail

Leptasthenura andicola

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestSmall · 15 g

What the Andean Tit-Spinetail sounds like

Sonogram of the Andean Tit-Spinetail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Tungurahua: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Cordillera de los Llanganates, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Andean Tit-Spinetail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Pichincha: 1.5 km NW Papallacta Pass, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Andean Tit-Spinetail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Tungurahua: 1 km SE Lag. del Tambo, Cordillera de los Llanganates, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Andean tit-spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs about 15 to 16 g (0.53 to 0.56 oz). It is a small-bodied, long-tailed furnariid with a short bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies L. a. andicola have a wide white supercilium on an otherwise dark streaky gray-brown face. Their crown is rich rufous chestnut with black streaks. Their upperparts are dark gray-brown with prominent white or whitish streaks. Their wings are dark brownish with faint rufescent edges on the coverts and flight feathers. Voice: What is thought to be the Andean tit-spinetail's song has been described as "a descending series of notes starting and ending with a trill or a tinkling trill that descends a little" and as "a hesitating series of high-pitched short trills". Its calls include "a weak, tinkling téz-dit or téz-dit-dit" and "fine zik, ti, or tic notes". It also makes "a high, mammallike squeal".

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When to see the Andean Tit-Spinetail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Andean Tit-Spinetail

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Andean Tit-Spinetail

The Andean tit-spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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