Red-faced Spinetail

Red-faced Spinetail
Red-faced Spinetail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Cranioleuca
Species: C. erythrops
Binomial name
Cranioleuca erythrops
(Sclater, 1860)
The Red-faced Spinetail places bits of grass and other material loosely streaming around its nest to break the shape and to masquerade as debris.

The Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

The Red-faced Spinetail places bits of grass and other material loosely streaming both above and below the nest chamber to break the shape of the nest and to cause it to resemble random debris without any underlying structure.[1]

The Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops places bits of grass and other material loosely streaming both above and below the nest chamber to break the shape of the nest and to cause it to resemble random debris without any underlying structure. This considered as a case of protection of its nest from predators by camouflage or 'masquerade".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hansell, Michael Henry (2000). Bird nests and construction behaviour. Cambridge University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-521-46038-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=9QRTexSZQEoC. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 


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