Marañón spinetail

Synallaxis maranonica

The Marañón spinetail (Synallaxis maranonica) is a bird found in Peru and Ecuador. Found in Peru and Ecuador. It eats insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Synallaxis maranonica
Region	South America
Found in	Peru and Ecuador

🏡 Where the Marañón spinetail lives

Found in Peru and Ecuador.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It weighs about 13 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures.

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Recorded by rudy gelis (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC823121. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Marañón spinetail

Where does the Marañón spinetail live?

The Marañón spinetail lives in Peru and Ecuador. Found in Peru and Ecuador.

What does the Marañón spinetail eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Marañón spinetail endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.