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Rusty-backed Spinetail

Cranioleuca vulpina (Pelzeln, A 1856)

The rusty-backed spinetail is a Neotropical species of bird in the Furnariidae (ovenbird) family. The taxon from Panama is considered a separate species, the Coiba spinetail. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Furnariidae
Genus:
   Cranioleuca
Scientific:
  Cranioleuca vulpina

Original description

Citation:
  (Pelzeln, A 1856)

Reference:
   Sitz. Math.-Nat. Cl. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien 20 p.162

Protonym:
  Synallaxis vulpina

Type locality:
  Brazil = Rio Claro and Guardamor [Goiás], Engenho do Gama, Villa Maria, Matto Grosso [=Mato Grosso, Brazil] and Rio Madeira [Amazonas]; Engenho do Gama, Rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, designated by Hellmayr, antea, p. 124, note c, ex op. cit., 34, 1859, p. 122.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108785#page/176/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  66828801222C9779

Avibase ID:
  avibase-66828801

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/66828801

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559577

Geographic range:

  • Cranioleuca vulpina: riparian woodland, scrub and thickets, gallery forest and river islands from the lower Río Orinoco in northeastern Venezuela southwestward to the llanos of western and southwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia (southward to Guaviare); along the Amazon River from far eastern Peru and southeastern Colombia eastward across Brazil to Pará, northward to northern Roraima and adjacent Guyana, and more widespread south of the Amazon River in central and eastern Brazil, eastward to Piauí, northern and western Bahia, and southeastward to São Paulo and northern Paraná; in central Brazil also southward to Acre, Rondônia and southern Mato Grosso, to southeastern Peru (Ucayali), northern Bolivia (southward to northwestern Santa Cruz and adjacent Cochabamba), and far northern Paraguay
  • Cranioleuca vulpina vulpina: northeastern Colombia to Venezuela, Brazil, and far eastern Bolivia
  • Cranioleuca vulpina apurensis: western Venezuela (western Apure)
  • Cranioleuca vulpina reiseri: northeastern Brazil (Piauí, western Pernambuco, and western Bahia)
  • Cranioleuca vulpina foxi: central Bolivia (eastern Cochabamba)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Rusty-backed Spinetail
Bulgarian:
Ръждивогърба тръноопашатка
Catalan:
cuaespinós vulpí
Czech:
ostrochvostka liščí
Danish:
Rustrygget Spidshale
German:
Rostrücken-Baumschlüpfer
Esperanto:
rufdorsa sinalakso
Spanish:
Curutié Vulpino
Spanish (Spain):
Curutié Vulpino
Finnish:
kettuorneero
French:
Synallaxe renard
Croatian:
kestenjastoleđa trnorepa
Hungarian:
mocsári ágjáró
Italian:
Codaspino dorsoruggine
Japanese (romaji):
akaokamadodori
Japanese:
アカオカマドドリ
Lithuanian:
Rusvanugaris liputinis dygliauodegis
Dutch:
Roodrugstekelstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Revestifthale
Norwegian:
Revestifthale
Polish:
moczarnik rdzawogrzbiety
Portuguese:
Arredio-do-rio
Portuguese (Brazil):
arredio-do-rio
Portuguese (Portugal):
rabo-espinhoso-vulpino
Russian:
Лисья курутия
Slovak:
košikárik hrdzavý
Serbian:
Riđoleđa strunorepka
Swedish:
rostryggig taggstjärt
Turkish:
Tilki rengi dikenkuyruk
Ukrainian:
Курутія рудоспинна
Chinese:
锈背针尾雀
Chinese (Traditional):
鏽背針尾雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2025:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Rusty-backed Spinetail (Rusty-backed) ( Cranioleuca vulpina [vulpina Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52:
Rusty-backed Spinetail (Rusty-backed) ( Cranioleuca vulpina [vulpina Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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eBird version 2025:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Rusty-backed Spinetail ( Cranioleuca vulpina) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cranioleuca vulpina [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cranioleuca [vulpina or vulpecula] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Bulgarian: Ръждивогърба тръноопашатка
Catalan: cuaespinós vulpí
Czech: ostrochvostka liščí
Danish: Rustrygget Spidshale
German: Fuchsschlüpfer, Rostrücken-Baumschlüpfer, Rötlichbrauner Buschschlüpfer
English: Rusty-backed Spinetail, Rusty-backed Spinetail (Rusty-backed)
English (Avilist): Rusty-backed Spinetail
English, HBW: Rusty-backed Spinetail
English (IOC): Rusty-backed Spinetail
English (United States): Rusty-backed Spinetail
Esperanto: rufdorsa sinalakso
Spanish: Chamicero Ribereño, Colaespina dorsirrojiza, Curutié de Cejas Blancas, Curutié Vulpino, Güitío Cejas Blancas
Spanish (Colombia): Chamicero Ribereño
Spanish (Ecuador): Colaespina dorsirrojiza
Spanish (Spain): Curutié Vulpino
Spanish (HBW): Rusty-backed Spinetail
Spanish (Peru): Cola-Espina de Dorso Rojizo
Spanish (Paraguay): Curutié de río
Spanish (Venezuela): Güitío Cejas Blancas, Gϋitío de Cejas Blancas
Finnish: Kettuorneero
French: Synallaxe renard, Synallaxe renard (vulpina)
French (Guyane): Synallaxe renard
Guarani: Kurutie
Croatian: kestenjastoleđa trnorepa
Hungarian: mocsári ágjáró
Italian: Codaspino dorsoruggine, Codaspinosa dorsorossiccio
Japanese (romaji): akaokamadodori
Japanese: アカオカマドドリ
Scientific: Cranioleuca vulpina, Cranioleuca vulpina [vulpina Group], Cranioleuca vulpina vulpina, Synallaxis vulpina
Lithuanian: Rusvanugaris liputinis dygliauodegis
Dutch: Roodrugstekelstaart, Roodrug-stekelstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk: Revestifthale
Norwegian: Revestifthale
Polish: moczarnik rdzawogrzbiety
Portuguese: Arredio-do-rio, joão-do-rio, rabo-de-espinho-vermelho
Portuguese (Brazil): Arredio-do-rio, joão-do-rio, rabo-de-espinho-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): rabo-espinhoso-vulpino
Russian: Лисья курутия, Рыжеспинная пищуховая иглохвостка
Slovak: Kanastera hrdzavá, košikárik hrdzavý
Serbian: Riđoleđa strunorepka
Swedish: Rostryggad bränslesamlare, rostryggig taggstjärt
Turkish: Tilki rengi dikenkuyruk
Ukrainian: Курутія рудоспинна
Chinese: 锈背针尾雀
Chinese (Traditional): 鏽背針尾雀

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