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Line-cheeked Spinetail
Cranioleuca antisiensis (Sclater, PL, 1859)
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Line-cheeked Spinetail, Cranioleuca antisiensis, is a Furnariidae bird that breeds in south-west Ecuador and Peru. It is an Andean species of moist montane forest, woodland and scrub, and it is also found in successional vegetation. Its white supercilium helps set it apart from similar birds, along with its range and habits. Two subspecies are recognised, though they form a continuous series in plumage and form rather than two sharply separated types. It is an arboreal bird and can cope with human disturbance, but deforestation remains a threat.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: sw Ecuador, Peru
