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Red-shouldered Spinetail
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Red-shouldered Spinetail
Synallaxis hellmayri
The red-shouldered spinetail (Gyalophylax hellmayri) is a species of bird in the monotypic genus Gyalophylax in the ovenbird family. Many authorities do not recognize this classification and place the red-shouldered spinetail in the genus Synallaxis instead. It is endemic to the Caatinga region of north-eastern Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 339661.