Avibase: Cranioleuca antisiensis (Line-cheeked Spinetail)

Line-cheeked Spinetail

Cranioleuca antisiensis (Sclater, PL 1859)

The line-cheeked spinetail is an arboreal species of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is a common species in the Andes in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, woodland and scrub. It is distinguished from other species by its distribution, behaviour and white supercilium. There are two recognized subspecies, which are in reality a gradient in morphology and plumage from one extreme to the other. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Furnariidae
Genus:
   Cranioleuca
Scientific:
  Cranioleuca antisiensis

Original description

Citation:
(Sclater, PL 1859)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.26, no.375 p.457

Imprint year:
1858

Protonym:
Synallaxis antisiensis

Type locality:
Cuenca, Ecuador.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100585#page/553/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
9449AA0102E75E4A

Avibase ID:
avibase-9449AA01

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9449AA01

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559560

Geographic range:

Cranioleuca antisiensis: semi-humid to humid montane forest and woodland, Polylepis woodland, semi-humid scrub in the western Andes (locally in the eastern Andes) from southern Ecuador, from southern Chimborazo, southward to west-central Peru, in Lima; in the eastern Andes of Peru from Amazonas, south and east of the Río Marañón, to Huanuco and Pasco
Cranioleuca antisiensis antisiensis: Andes of southwestern Ecuador (Azuay, El Oro, and Loja)
Cranioleuca antisiensis palamblae: Andes of northwestern Peru (southward to northern Cajamarca and Lambayeque)
Cranioleuca antisiensis baroni: Andes of Peru (Amazonas and Cajamarca)
Cranioleuca antisiensis capitalis: Andes of Peru (Huánuco)
Cranioleuca antisiensis zaratensis: Andes of southern Peru (Pasco and Lima)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Line-cheeked Spinetail
Bulgarian:
Пъстробуза тръноопашатка
Catalan:
cuaespinós de Sclater
Czech:
ostrochvostka čárkolící
Danish:
Ecuadorspidshale
German:
Olivrücken-Baumschlüpfer
Esperanto:
strivanga sinalakso
Spanish:
Curutié Cariestriado
Spanish (Spain):
Curutié cariestriado
Finnish:
valkokulmaorneero
French:
Synallaxe grimpeur
Croatian:
prugastolica trnorepa
Italian:
Codaspino guancestriate
Japanese (romaji):
hoojimakamadodori
Japanese:
ホオスジカマドドリ
Lithuanian:
dryžaskruostis liputinis dygliauodegis
Dutch:
Streepwangstekelstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Strekøyrestifthale
Norwegian:
Strekørestifthale
Polish:
moczarnik andyjski
Portuguese:
arredio-de-cara-estriada
Portuguese (Portugal):
rabo-espinhoso-de-faces-riscadas
Russian:
Эквадорская курутия
Slovak:
košikárik volavý
Serbian:
Prugastolika strunorepka
Swedish:
bergtaggstjärt
Turkish:
Çizgili yüzlü dikenkuyruk
Ukrainian:
Курутія еквадорська
Chinese:
纹颊针尾雀
Chinese (Traditional):
線頰針尾雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Line-cheeked or Baron's Spinetail ( Cranioleuca [antisiensis or baroni])
Avilist 2025: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Certhiaxis antisiensis) [version 3]
Clements, version 2021: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Certhiaxis antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Line-cheeked Spinetail ( Cranioleuca antisiensis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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