Chestnut-throated spinetail

Chestnut-throated spinetail
Chestnut-throated spinetail at Carajás Mountains, Pará state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Synallaxis
Species: S. cherriei
Binomial name
Synallaxis cherriei
Gyldenstolpe, 1930

The chestnut-throated spinetail (Synallaxis cherriei) is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is mainly found in the eastern Amazon Basin, with small pockets in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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