Great Spinetail

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Great Spinetail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Siptornopsis
Species: S. hypochondriaca
Binomial name
Siptornopsis hypochondriaca
(Salvin, 1895)

The Great Spinetail (Siptornopsis hypochondriaca) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Siptornopsis. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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