Spectacled Prickletail

Siptornis striaticollis

Least Concern

The Spectacled Prickletail is a prickletail of humid montane forests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It forages through mossy foliage and epiphytes for small insects. Fun fact: The family is named for the horneros, which build sturdy oven-shaped nests out of mud.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Spectacled Prickletail Range — Humid montane forests of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

Population

≈ Not quantified

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