The Rufous-browed Spinetail is a small bird with a sharp conical beak. It lives high in the mountains of South America and has noticeable rufous eyebrows.
The species is distinguished by rufous eyebrows and a sharp bill from related warblers. It helps maintain the balance of insects in the Andean mountain forests.
Collects food from plants in tree crowns and bushes.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Worker
Elders
Bro
birth time
Taxons
Picking small food items from foliage, ground, or other surfaces.
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
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age
summer mild, +15…+20 °C
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
birth date
Brow color
Palearctic realm
Close
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South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Warm summer
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
climbing
Neotropical realm
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
beak
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
plant
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
lots of rain, summer not hot
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Cool summer
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Food is gathered directly from leaf surfaces.
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alpine meadows and arctic tundra on land
Trophic type
Filters
On the map
Pleasant summer
all life stages
Female ♀
insectivore
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
leaf
birth year
Maturity
rains almost always, very humid
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
Age (from birth to death)
sq mm
yr
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
most of Europe and Asia, various forests, steppes and tundra
Wanderers
How similar?
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
spiders
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
Lifespan average
nectar
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
mountains
Plumage color
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
small insects
Duration
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
gleaning
This is me
from 11 to 16 grams, 1.5 – 12 centimeters
Always very wet
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
Cool summer and lots of rain
small insects without further specification
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
terrestrial
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
sweet nectar and flower pollen
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
Bill size
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
celebrated their {n} birthday
insect
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Litter size
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
alpine and arctic tundra
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Strawberry
Where are they found?
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
Denotes a mountainous habitat preference.
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Bill color
arboreal
Observations
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