Status of the globally threatened forest birds of northeast Brazil Author Pereira, Glauco Alves Author Dantas, Sidnei de Melo Author Silveira, Luís Fábio Author Roda, Sônia Aline Author Albano, Ciro Author Sonntag, Frederico Acaz Author Leal, Sergio Author Periquito, Mauricio Cabral Author Malacco, Gustavo Bernardino Author Lees, Alexander Charles text Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 2014 São Paulo 54 14 177 194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.14 journal article 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.14 1807-0205 12641142 Synallaxis infuscata Pinto, 1950 , Pinto’s Spinetail (IUCN and MMA: EN) This PCE endemic is inferred to be in decline due to forest loss and fragmentation ( Remsen, 2003 ) although we found it to be locally common, occupying edge habitats and exhibiting a greater tolerance to habitat fragmentation than other endemic birds in the PCE, potentially warranting a re-evaluation of its status ( Fig. 3 ). Roda et al. (2011) were able to compile records in 53 localities in the PCE. We recorded this species from nine sites in Pernambuco and Paraíba states ( Table 2 , Fig. 6 ).