---
title: "Witwangstekelstaart"
description: "Schoeniophylax phryganophilus — Vogels. The chotoy spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chotoy-spinetail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Witwangstekelstaart

> Schoeniophylax phryganophilus — Vogels. The chotoy spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Schoeniophylax phryganophilus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1331
- Wikidata: [Q428748](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428748)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11821](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11821)

## Names

- en: Chotoy Spinetail
- de: Weißwangen-Dickichtschlüpfer
- es: Chotoy
- fr: Synallaxe damier
- nl: Witwangstekelstaart
- pt: Bichoita
- pl: Złotobrodzik

## Countries with the most observations

AR (955), BR (264), UY (41), PY (24), BO (20)

## Summary

The chotoy spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Witwangstekelstaart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chotoy-spinetail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22224958

## Machine access

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