Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Tepui Spinetail (Cranioleuca demissa) - HBW 8, p. 296
French: Synallaxe des tépuis
German: Tepuibaumschlüpfer
Spanish: Curutié de Tepuí
Taxonomy: Synallaxis demissa Salvin and Godman, 1884, Mount Roraima, Bolívar, Venezuela.
Considered conspecific with C. curtata by some authors. The two are part of a superspecies that also includes C. erythrops, C. hellmayri, C. antisiensis and C. baroni; all share plumage similarities and mostly lower montane distribution, and their close relationship is consistent with recent genetic data. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cardonai Phelps, Jr. & Dickerman, 1980 - tepui region of S Venezuela in Amazonas (cerros Neblina, Parú, Paraque and Duida) and C Bolívar (Cerro Tabaro, Cerro Guaiquinima).
- demissa (Salvin & Godman, 1884) - tepui region of S Venezuela (Sierra Parima, in Amazonas, and Mt Roraima and tepuis of Gran Sabana region, in SE Bolívar), extreme WC Guyana (Mt Ayanganna, also sight record Mt Kowa) and extreme N Brazil (Mt Roraima).
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Tepui Spinetail ENDEMIC. Locality Upata, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Joe Klaiber 7 February 2005 42 weeks ago 5 -
Song. Locality Escalera Road, Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 22 October 2005 2 years ago 3.5
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