Baron's Spinetail - BirdForum Opus

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Subspecies baroni
Photo by Stanley Jones
Pomachochas, Amazonas, Peru, January 2017

Cranioleuca baroni

Identification

15–19 cm (6-7½ in)

• White supercilium
• Reddish-brown crown
• Greyish-brown face
• Grey nape
• White throat and upper breast

Distribution

Subspecies capitalis
Photo by Stanley Jones
Cordillera Blanca, Huascarán National Park, Yungay, Ancash, Peru, August 2017

South America: endemic to Peru.

Taxonomy

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Line-cheeked Spinetail by some authors^[2]

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• C. b.i baroni:

• Andes of Peru (Amazonas and Cajamarca)

• C. b. capitalis:

• Andes of Peru (Huánuco )

• C. b. zaratensis:

• Andes of southern Peru (Pasco and Lima)

Habitat

Moist and semi-arid montane woodland, particularly with alder trees. Observed in an urban area with patches of native vegetation of a remnant cloud forest at ca. 2,200 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of arthropods, and the larvae of butterflies and moths. They forage singly, in pairs and small groups.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2017)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Baron's Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Baron%27s_Spinetail

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