Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Red-shouldered Spinetail (Gyalophylax hellmayri) - HBW 8, p. 290
French: Synallaxe de Hellmayr
German: Rotschulter-Dickichtschlüpfer
Spanish: Pijuí de Hellmayr
Other common names: Reiser’s Spinetail
Taxonomy: Synallaxis hellmayri Reiser, 1905, Fazenda Serra, Rio Grande, Bahia, Brazil.
Previously named Synallaxis griseiventris, but that name invalid. Included in Synallaxis by many authors, and thought by others to be possibly more closely related to Synallaxis hypospodia than either is to others of that genus, the two having similarities in voice, rectrix shape and plumage; differs morphologically from that genus, however, in having 12 rectrices, thicker tarsus and toes, different bill shape. Was at one time placed in Asthenes, and described by some authors as resembling members of that genus. Considered better retained in monotypic genus until r.. View all taxonomy...
Previously named Synallaxis griseiventris, but that name invalid. Included in Synallaxis by many authors, and thought by others to be possibly more closely related to Synallaxis hypospodia than either is to others of that genus, the two having similarities in voice, rectrix shape and plumage; differs morphologically from that genus, however, in having 12 rectrices, thicker tarsus and toes, different bill shape. Was at one time placed in Asthenes, and described by some authors as resembling members of that genus. Considered better retained in monotypic genus until relationships resolved. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Brazil (NE Piauí, W Pernambuco, N Bahia, extreme N Minas Gerais).
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A bird moving in a bush, with a section repeated in slow motion. Locality Canudos, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 October 2008 3 years ago 41 sec 3.3 -
A bird hopping on the ground. Locality Canudos, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 October 2008 3 years ago 25 sec 2
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Red-shouldered Spinetail, endemic to the caatinga environment
Locality Bahia State, Brazil
Stephen John Jones 10 May 2009 1 year ago 3 -
A bird on a brach.
Locality Canudos, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 24 July 2009 2 years ago 3
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After play-back Locality Milagres, Ceará State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 9 September 2008 2 years ago 4
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