Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Tufted Tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) - HBW 8, p. 265

French: Synallaxe de la Plata German: Haubenmeisenschlüpfer Spanish: Tijeral Copetón

Taxonomy: Leptasthenura platensis Reichenbach, 1853, Río de la Plata, Argentina.
Plumage similarities have suggested to some that this and mostly parapatric L. aegithaloides are sister-species. Monotypic.

Distribution: N & C Argentina (Salta, Formosa and Corrientes S to N Chubut and S Buenos Aires), extreme SE Brazil (extreme W Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay; recorded also in S Paraguay.