White-browed spinetail

The white-browed spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis) is a species of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is the only member of the genus Hellmayrea.

White-browed spinetail
at Pichincha, Ecuador
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Hellmayrea
Sztolcman, 1926
Species:
H. gularis
Binomial name
Hellmayrea gularis
(Lafresnaye, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Synallaxis gularis

It is found in South America from north-western Venezuela to central Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Within the ovenbird family, the white-browed spinetail is genetically most closely related to the thistletails and canasteros in the genus Asthenes.[2]

Four subspecies are recognised:[3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Hellmayrea gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22702405A118550967. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22702405A118550967.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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