Río Orinoco spinetail

The Rio Orinoco spinetail, or Orinoco spinetail, (Synallaxis beverlyae) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Venezuela and possibly Colombia.

The Rio Orinoco spinetail is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 14 g (0.41 to 0.49 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a whitish supercilium and whitish line beneath the eye on an otherwise gray face and forehead. Their crown is orange-rufous, their nape smoke-gray, and their back, rump and uppertail coverts light grayish brown. Their upperwing coverts are cinnamon-rufous, their greater coverts somewhat olive-brown, and their flight feathers olive-brown. The underside of their wings is grayer than the upperside. Their tail is brownish with a rufescent tinge; it is graduated and the feathers have pointed tips. Their chin and throat are whitish, their upper breast pale gray with a smoky-brown wash, their lower breast and belly dull white tinged with pale clay, their flanks pale clay, and their undertail coverts pale drab beige. Their iris is light grayish to pale brownish yellow, their bill horn-gray with a paler outer half to the mandible, and their legs and feet horn gray.