Cranioleuca

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Cranioleuca

| image = Cranioleuca pallida.jpg

| image_caption = Pallid spinetail (Cranioleuca pallida)

| taxon = Cranioleuca

| authority = Reichenbach, 1853

| type_species = Synallaxis albiceps

| type_species_authority = d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

}}

The typical spinetails, Cranioleuca, are a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

This is a homogeneous group of small birds that live in forested habitats. The spinetails in this genus differ from those placed in Synallaxis in having shorter tails and being more arboreal. They are less vocal and more frequently join mixed flocks.{{ cite book | last1=Ridgely | first1=Robert S. | last2=Tudor | first2=Guy | year=2009 | title=Birds of South America: Passerines | series=Helm Field Guides | place=London | publisher=Christopher Helm | isbn=978-1-408-11342-4 | page=281 }}

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Cranioleuca was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the light-crowned spinetail as the type species.{{ cite book | last=Reichenbach | first=Ludwig | author-link=Ludwig Reichenbach | year=1853 | title=Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie. Icones ad synopsin avium no.10 | volume=6 | publisher=Friedrich Hofmeister | language=German | place=Leipzig | page=167 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47722868 }}{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1951 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=7 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=97 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480434 }} The name combines the Ancient Greek kranion meaning "skull" with leukos meaning "white".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=120 }}

The genus contains 20 species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=August 2024 | title=Ovenbirds, woodcreepers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/ovenbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=3 January 2025 }}

Russet-mantled softtail, Cranioleuca berlepschi (Hellmayr, 1905) (formerly in Thripophaga)
Vilcabamba spinetail, Cranioleuca weskei Remsen, 1984
Marcapata spinetail, Cranioleuca marcapatae Zimmer, JT, 1935
Light-crowned spinetail, Cranioleuca albiceps (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Rusty-backed spinetail, Cranioleuca vulpina (Pelzeln, 1856)
Coiba spinetail, Cranioleuca dissita Wetmore, 1957
Parker's spinetail or white-breasted spinetail, Cranioleuca vulpecula (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)
Crested spinetail, Cranioleuca subcristata (Sclater, PL, 1874)
Stripe-crowned spinetail, Cranioleuca pyrrhophia (Vieillot, 1818)
Bolivian spinetail, Cranioleuca henricae Maijer & Fjeldså, 1997
Olive spinetail, Cranioleuca obsoleta (Reichenbach, 1853)
Pallid spinetail, Cranioleuca pallida (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
Grey-headed spinetail, Cranioleuca semicinerea (Reichenbach, 1853)
Creamy-crested spinetail, Cranioleuca albicapilla (Cabanis, 1873)
Red-faced spinetail, Cranioleuca erythrops (Sclater, PL, 1860)
Tepui spinetail, Cranioleuca demissa (Salvin & Godman, 1884)
Streak-capped spinetail, Cranioleuca hellmayri (Bangs, 1907)
Ash-browed spinetail, Cranioleuca curtata (Sclater, PL, 1870)
Line-cheeked spinetail, Cranioleuca antisiensis (Sclater, PL, 1859)
Scaled spinetail, Cranioleuca muelleri (Hellmayr, 1911)

References

Category:Bird genera

Category:Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot