Black-throated Spinetail

Black-throated SpinetailThis spinetail lives in the cloud forests of Venezuela’s Coastal Cordillera. Its bright rufous plumage and long tail are distinctive.What does it look like?Adults are bright rufous, with a long spiky tail and black lores and throat. Juveniles lack the black throat.How does it live?This spinetail lives in the cloud forests of Venezuela’s Coastal Cordillera. Its bright rufous plumage and long tail are distinctive.It lives in higher cloud forest, especially in bamboo patches along roads and forest edges.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.