Great Spinetail Synallaxis hypochondriaca


Giant Spinetail, Laguna San Nicolas, Cajamarca, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image Laguna San Nicolas, Cajamarca, Peru
October 2018

The Great Spinetail is confined to the Marañon Valley in Peru and so is a Peruvian endemic. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in arid thorny scrub at between 2,100 and 2,800 metres.

Giant Spinetail, Laguna San Nicolas, Cajamarca, Peru, October 2018 - click for larger image It is classified as Vulnerable given its restricted distribution and the threat to its habitat.

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