Tepui Spinetail (Cranioleuca demissa)
About the Tepui Spinetail
The tepui spinetail (Cranioleuca demissa) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. The tepui spinetail's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) assign it two subspecies. The nominate is C. d. demissa (Salvin & Godman, 1884). The other has two subspecific epithets, C. d. cardonai (IOC) and C. d. cardonaorum (HBW) (both Phelps, WH Jr & Dickerman, 1980). The Clements taxonomy does not recognize C. d. cardonai/cardonaorum, treating the species as monotypic. This article follows the two-subspecies model and uses the IOC spelling of the subspecific epithet.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 25 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. 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 Brazil, Venezuela 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.