Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Synallaxis (18 species, 37 worldwide)

Genus Synallaxis, typical Spinetails, are small mostly brown birds with long straight tails. Spinetails are found in low dense growth and are more often heard than seen.


Pale-breasted Spinetail
Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens)
Cocorná, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Uee-pee call common in open grasslands and wetlands, at lower altitudes than similar Azara's Spinetail.

Dark-breasted Spinetail
Dark-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albigularis albigularis)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-lored Spinetail
White-lored Spinetail (Synallaxis albilora)
Mimoso, Santo Antonio do Laverger, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-throated Spinetail
Chestnut-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis cherriei)
Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Described by ProAves as enigmatic.

Grey-bellied Spinetail
Grey-bellied Spinetail (Synallaxis cinerascens)
São Francisco de Paula, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Endemic to the highlands of 'mata Atlantica', the Atlantic Rain Forest Athanas.

Bahia Spinetail
Bahia Spinetail (Synallaxis cinerea) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Boa Nova, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding   © All Rights Reserved.


Sooty-fronted Spinetail
Sooty-fronted Spinetail (Synallaxis frontalis)
Fazenda Grotão, Brasilia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Plain-crowned Spinetail
Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis)
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Species is browner from east Colombia through Guyanas and east Brazil, and greyer further west.

Red-shouldered Spinetail
Red-shouldered Spinetail (Synallaxis hellmayri) ENDEMIC
Canudosl, Bahia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Cinereous-breasted Spinetail
Cinereous-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis hypospodia)
DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Pinto's Spinetail
Pinto's Spinetail (Synallaxis infuscata) Endangered ENDEMIC
RPPN Frei Caneca, Pernambuco, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Hoary-throated Spinetail
Hoary-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis kollari) Critically Endangered
Amajari, Roraim, Brazil  
   
Photograph by J. A. Jacomelli   © All Rights Reserved.


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McConnell's Spinetail (Synallaxis macconnelli)
   



Rufous-capped Spinetail
Rufous-capped Spinetail (Synallaxis ruficapilla)
Reserva Guainumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.


Ruddy Spinetail
Ruddy Spinetail (Synallaxis rutilans caquetensis)
Finca Porvenír, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Moves in small sometimes noisy groups in dense foliage close to the rainforest floor.

Ochre-cheeked Spinetail
Ochre-cheeked Spinetail (Synallaxis scutata scutata)
Fazenda Grotão, DF, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


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Araguaia Spinetail (Synallaxis simoni) ENDEMIC
   


Described in 2023 and found along the Araguaia River.

Spix's Spinetail
Spix's Spinetail (Synallaxis spixi)
Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.



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