Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Grey-headed Spinetail (Cranioleuca semicinerea) - HBW 8, p. 295
French: Synallaxe à tête grise
German: Graukopf-Baumschlüpfer
Spanish: Curutié Cabecigrís
Other common names: Pale-headed Spinetail
Taxonomy: Leptoxyura semicinerea Reichenbach, 1853, Bahia, Brazil.
Relationships within genus uncertain. Plumage differences of proposed races pallidiceps (from Ceará), described as paler throughout, and goyana (from S Goiás), said to have darker crown and auriculars and more conspicuous supercilium, evidently represent individual variation. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Brazil, from Ceará and Alagoas S to S Goiás, extreme N Minas Gerais and Bahia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, foraging. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 October 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 3 -
One bird in a tree. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil
Yoel Jimenez 16 November 2006 3 years ago 8 sec 2.7 -
One bird in the top of the tree. Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil
Yoel Jimenez 12 November 2006 3 years ago 4 sec 2.2
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Adult Male Grey-headed Spinetail
Locality Bahia State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 18 December 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
A view from below showing the spinetail.
Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 4 February 2007 37 weeks ago 3 -
A bird in a tree.
Locality Serra de Baturité, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 October 2008 4 years ago 2.5
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Unsolicited. Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 28 January 2009 3 years ago 3
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