About the Tepui Spinetail
The tepui spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
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The tepui spinetail is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 14 to 17 g (0.49 to 0.60 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a whitish supercilium on an otherwise dull brownish face with a few pale streaks. Their forehead is brown with some rufous touches, their crown reddish chestnut, and their back rich brown that becomes more rufescent by the uppertail coverts. Their wings are reddish chestnut and their flight feathers are slightly paler with dark fuscous tips. Voice: The tepui spinetail's song is "a thin, descending, accelerating series, 'téé-téé-te-ti ti'ti'ti'ti'ti'i'i'i' " and its alarm call a "high, short, dry rattle".
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.
When to see it
Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Bolivian SpinetailCranioleuca henricaeThe Bolivian spinetail is 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long.
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