Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail
Leptasthenura striata
The Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura striata) is a rare ovenbirds and woodcreeper found in 2 countries, weighing about 9 g. The streak-backed tit-spinetail, or streaked tit-spinetail, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
About the Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail
The streak-backed tit-spinetail, or streaked tit-spinetail, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Chile and Peru.
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How to identify it
The streak-backed tit-spinetail is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 8.5 to 10.5 g (0.30 to 0.37 oz). It is a small-bodied, long-tailed furnariid with a short bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have an indistinct dirty white supercilium on an otherwise blackish and whitish streaked face. Their crown is black and heavily striped with rufous. Their back is streaked with dusky brown and tawny buff that diminish to the mostly plain olive brown rump. Their wing coverts are blackish with wide cinnamon rufous edges. Voice: The streak-backed tit-spinetail's song is "a melancholy, but musical, descending series of high, ringing whistles: tchee-LEEa'LEEa'LEEa'LEEa'LEEa'LEEa'LEE". Its calls include "a slightly wheezy twet and a trit", "a harsh cht or tzip", "a sharper chattered series of less musical tcht and tsit notes", and "a lower, gruff tchut".
Where it lives
When to see it
The Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail can be seen all year round, with peak activity in November. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail?
- The streak-backed tit-spinetail is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 8.5 to 10.5 g (0.30 to 0.37 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail?
- The Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 9 g.
- Where can you see a Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail?
- The Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail occurs in 2 countries, including Chile and Peru.
- What birds look similar to a Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail?
- The Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail is most easily confused with the Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, the Striolated Tit-Spinetail and the White-browed Tit-Spinetail.
- Is the Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail endangered?
- The Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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