Tawny Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura yanacensis
Version: 1.0 — Published June 29, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Dutch | Bruine Meesstekelstaart |
English | Tawny Tit-Spinetail |
English (United States) | Tawny Tit-Spinetail |
French | Synallaxe fauve |
French (France) | Synallaxe fauve |
German | Roststirn-Meisenschlüpfer |
Japanese | チャイロエナガカマドドリ |
Norwegian | rustnålstjert |
Polish | cierniogonek rdzawy |
Russian | Бурая колючехвостка |
Serbian | Planinska seničarka |
Slovak | hrotochvost vrchovský |
Spanish | Tijeral de Yánac |
Spanish (Argentina) | Coludito Puneño |
Spanish (Peru) | Tijeral Leonado |
Spanish (Spain) | Tijeral de Yánac |
Swedish | gyllenbrun sprötstjärt |
Turkish | Tarçın Rengi Makaskuyruk |
Ukrainian | Сікора руда |
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Introduction
Tawny Tit-Spinetail is a rare furnariid of very high elevations in the central Andes. Found in isolated populations from central Peru south to northern Argentina, the species inhabits sparse vegetation and dwarf Polylepis woodland from 3200-4600 m. It is long-tailed, rufous above and bright tawny buff below and a rusty postocular stripe setting off a tawny buff superciliary. It is very active in its flocking and foraging behavior, and is more vocal than other tit-spinetails, frequently giving high pitched twittering and chipping calls as well as a long, high, trilling song. Due to fragmentation of its rare Polylepis habitat, Tawny Tit-Spinetail is considered to be Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.