Cranioleuca henricae
The Bolivian Spinetail (Cranioleuca henricae) is a charming and relatively recently described furnariid, recognized as a distinct species in 2007. This small passerine typically measures around 14-15 cm in length, weighing approximately 12-15 grams, and boasts a slender build with a relatively long, spiny tail characteristic of its genus. Its plumage features a warm rufous-brown crown, back, and tail, beautifully contrasting with duller olive-brown underparts, a pale supercilium, and a distin...
This spinetail exclusively inhabits humid to semi-humid montane forests and forest edges, often favoring areas with dense undergrowth and bamboo, primarily at elevations between 1,400 to 3,000 meters.
Primarily insectivorous, feeding on small arthropods such as beetles, spiders, and larvae, which it expertly gleans from leaves, twigs, and bark.
The Bolivian Spinetail is an active, diurnal bird, primarily observed singly or in pairs, occasionally joining mixed-species foraging flocks, particularly with other furnariids and tanagers. It forages meticulously in the mid-story and subcanopy of trees and shrubs, gleaning insects from foliage,...
The Bolivian Spinetail is strictly endemic to the inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia, with its known distribution concentrated primarily in the departments of La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz. Its core breeding and resident range extends along the humid montane cloud forests of the eastern slopes ...
Least Concern
- The Bolivian Spinetail was only formally described as a distinct species in 2007, making it a relatively recent addition to the ornithological world. - It is a true endemic, found exclusively within a very specific and limited region of the inter-Andean valleys of Bolivia. - Its scientific name...