White-bellied spinetail

White-bellied spinetail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Mazaria
Species: M. propinqua
Binomial name
Mazaria propinqua
Pelzeln, 1859

The white-bellied spinetail (Mazaria propinqua) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in river islands of the western Amazon Basin. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Molecular data suggested that it is more closely related to the Chotoy spinetail than to other Synallaxis.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Mazaria propinqua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Claramunt, Santiago (2014). "Phylogenetic relationships among Synallaxini spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal a new biogeographic pattern across the Amazon and Paraná river basins". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 78: 223–231. ISSN 1055-7903. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.011.
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