| Red-shouldered Spinetail | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Gyalophylax J.L. Peters, 1950 |
| Species: | G. hellmayri |
| Binomial name | |
| Gyalophylax hellmayri (Reiser, 1905) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Synallaxis hellmayri Reiser, 1905 |
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The Red-shouldered Spinetail (Gyalophylax hellmayri) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Gyalophylax.
It is endemic to the Caatinga region of north-eastern Brazil.
It is threatened by habitat loss.