About the Blackish-headed Spinetail
The blackish-headed spinetail is a Vulnerable species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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The blackish-headed spinetail is 14.5 to 17 cm (5.7 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 14 to 18 g (0.49 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly black face with some whitish grizzling on the cheeks. Their forecrown is black, their hindcrown and upper back dark gray, and their rump and uppertail coverts dark brownish. Their wing coverts are tawny-rufous and their flight feathers dark fuscous with rufescent brown edges. Their chin is blackish and their throat black. Their underparts are mostly gray with a paler belly and an olive tinge to the flanks and undertail coverts.
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What the Blackish-headed Spinetail sounds like
Where the Blackish-headed Spinetail lives
When to see the Blackish-headed Spinetail
Peak activity in January · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Bahia SpinetailSynallaxis cinereaThe Bahia spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 16 to 21 g (0.56 to 0.74 oz).
Apurimac SpinetailSynallaxis courseniThe Apurimac spinetail is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 15 g (0.53 oz).
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