Great Spinetail

Great Spinetail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Siptornopsis
Cory, 1919
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.[1] It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Thomas M. Brooks, John D. Pilgrim, Ana S. L. Rodrigues & Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca (2005). "Conservation status and geographic distribution of avian evolutionary history". In Andy Purvis, John L. Gittleman & Thomas Brooks. Phylogeny and Conservation. Conservation Biology. 8. Cambridge University Press. pp. 267–294. ISBN 9780521825023. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3W_TN0790vEC&pg=PA292. 

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