The red-faced spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

[2] The red-faced spinetail has three subspecies, the nominate C. e. erythrops (Sclater, PL, 1860), C. e. rufigenis (Lawrence, 1868), and C. e. griseigularis (Ridgway, 1909).

Their wings are rufous and their flight feathers have slightly duller edges and dark fuscous tips.

Their tail is reddish chestnut; it is graduated and the feathers lack barbs on the ends giving a spiny appearance.

Juveniles have an olive-brown crown, dull rufous edges on the wing coverts, an ochraceous wash on the throat and breast, and sometimes a narrow buff supercilium.

The nominate subspecies is found in the Andes of western Ecuador south to Azuay Province and in the coastal Cordillera de Mache.

[3] The red-faced spinetail feeds mostly on arthropods but also includes protein corpuscles from Cecropia trees in its diet.

[3][4][5][6] The red-faced spinetail's breeding season varies geographically, from March to June in Central America and later (to November) in Ecuador.