Hoary-throated spinetail

The hoary-throated spinetail (Synallaxis kollari) is a bird species in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil and Guyana.

Hoary-throated spinetail

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Synallaxis
Species:
S. kollari
Binomial name
Synallaxis kollari
Pelzeln, 1856

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It was formerly classified as a vulnerable species,[2] but it was shown to be rarer than previously believed consequently it was uplisted to endangered in 2008,[3] but it was once again shown to be rarer than previously believed and that its undergoing a marked decline, consequently it was uplisted to critically endangered in 2012.[4]

Footnotes
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Synallaxis kollari". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. BLI (2004)
  3. BLI (2008)
  4. BLI (2012)

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