In September, the brother of a suspected apartheid informer was necklaced in Queenstown's Mlungisi township. The necklaced spinetail is native to Ecuador and northern Peru. The necklaced spinetail is a fairly common bird within its rather restricted range. The necklaced spinetail ("Synallaxis stictothorax") is a species of ovenbird in the family Furnariidae. The lesser necklaced laughingthrush ("Garrulax monileger") is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.