Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula) - HBW 8, p. 292

French: Synallaxe de Parker German: Parkers Buschschlüpfer Spanish: Curutié de Parker

Taxonomy: Synallaxis vulpecula P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1866, Río Ucayali, Peru.
Almost certainly the sister-species to C. vulpina; formerly considered conspecific, but they are locally syntopic and widely sympatric, and field experiments strongly suggest reproductive isolation created by differences in songs. Relationships of the two to congeners uncertain; they differ vocally from all others. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Ecuador (R Napo), NE Peru (R Amazon, lower R Ucayali), SW Amazonian Brazil (R Amazon E locally to R Negro, also R Juruá, R Purus, upper R Madeira) and extreme NE Bolivia (lower R Beni in Pando).