Softtails
Thripophaga
Thripophaga is the genus of birds that popularly are known as softtails. They are members of the ovenbird family, Furnariidae, and are closely related to the thistletails. They are found in wooded and shrubby habitats, sometimes near water, in South America.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Striated Softtail
speciesThripophaga macroura
Speckled Spinetail
speciesThripophaga gutturata
Plain Softtail
speciesThripophaga fusciceps
Orinoco Softtail
speciesThripophaga cherriei
Delta Amacuro Softtail
speciesThripophaga amacurensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 11796.