Ruddy Spinetail

About the Ruddy Spinetail

The ruddy spinetail (Synallaxis rutilans) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Guyana.

The ruddy spinetail has these seven subspecies: S. r. caquetensis Chapman, 1914 S. r. confinis Zimmer, JT, 1935 S. r. dissors Zimmer, JT, 1935 S. r. amazonica Hellmayr, 1907 S. r. rutilans Temminck, 1823 S. r. tertia Hellmayr, 1907

S. r. omissa Hartert, EJO, 1901 The ruddy spinetail is closely related to the stripe-breasted spinetail (S. cinnamomea) and chestnut-throated spinetail (S. cherriei). The ruddy spinetail is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 15 to 22 g (0.53 to 0.78 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies S. r. rutilans have mottled blackish lores on an otherwise deep ruddy chestnut face. Their forecrown is ruddy chestnut, their hindcrown, nape, and back chestnut strongly washed with olive-brown, and their rump and uppertail coverts dull dark brown. Their wing coverts are chestnut and their flight feathers fuscous with dull chestnut edges. Their tail is slaty blackish; it is graduated... Wikipedia →