Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Synallaxis (10 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.



Azara's Spinetail
Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae media)
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and vocal at 2000-3000m in Andean cloud forests (a bit lower in Peru).
Alt. photo
Additional photo.

Cabanis's Spinetail
Cabanis's Spinetail (Synallaxis cabanisi cabanisi)
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © 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.

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