About the Marcapata Spinetail
The Marcapata spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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The Marcapata spinetail is 14.5 to 16 cm (5.7 to 6.3 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a grayish face. Their crown and a short crest are reddish chestnut with black on the sides. Their nape is grayish and their back, tail, and wings are rufous. Their throat is white and their breast and belly are grayish buff. Their iris is reddish brown, their maxilla grayish horn, their mandible silvery to blue-gray, and their legs and feet olive green. Voice: The Marcapata spinetail's song is "a thin, descending, accelerating series of high, liquid notes: tew ti-ti-ti'ti'titititi" and its calls include "a high, liquid tew-tik and tewp".
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Where the Marcapata Spinetail lives
When to see the Marcapata Spinetail
Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Grey-headed SpinetailCranioleuca semicinereaThe grey-headed spinetail is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 14 to 16 g (0.49 to 0.56 oz).
Parker's SpinetailCranioleuca vulpeculaParker's spinetail is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 16 to 20 g (0.56 to 0.71 oz).
Light-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca albicepsThe light-crowned spinetail is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 13 to 17 g (0.46 to 0.60 oz).
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