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title: "Tufted Tit-Spinetail"
description: "Leptasthenura platensis — Birds. The tufted tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tufted-tit-spinetail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tufted Tit-Spinetail

> Leptasthenura platensis — Birds. The tufted tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Leptasthenura platensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 892
- Wikidata: [Q1269475](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269475)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11688](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11688)

## Names

- en: Tufted Tit-Spinetail
- de: Schopfschlüpfer
- es: Coludito copetón
- fr: Synallaxe de la Plata
- nl: La-Platameesstekelstaart
- pt: Rabudinho
- pl: Cierniogonek czubaty

## Countries with the most observations

AR (814), UY (29), BR (4)

## Summary

The tufted tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura platensis) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and possibly Paraguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufted_tit-spinetail

## Photo

![Tufted Tit-Spinetail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tufted-tit-spinetail/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292259720

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tufted-tit-spinetail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).