Light-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca albiceps)
About the Light-crowned Spinetail
The light-crowned spinetail (Cranioleuca albiceps) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The light-crowned spinetail, the Marcapata spinetail (C. marcapatae), and the Vilcabamba spinetail (C. weskei) are sister species. The light-crowned spinetail has two subspecies, the nominate C. a. albiceps (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) and C. a. discolor (Zimmer, JT, 1935).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 29 recordings for this species: 26 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Ash-browed SpinetailCranioleuca curtatarecording
- Crested SpinetailCranioleuca subcristatarecording
- Line-cheeked SpinetailCranioleuca antisiensisrecording
- Parker's SpinetailCranioleuca vulpecularecording
- Red-faced SpinetailCranioleuca erythropsrecording
- Scaled SpinetailCranioleuca muellerirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.