Birds of Ecuador - Synallaxis


Dark-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albigularis albigularis) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae media) La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
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Common and vocal at 2000-3000m in Andean cloud forests (a bit lower in Peru).
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Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura nigrifumosa) Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
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Vocal, but secretive.


Chestnut-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis cherriei) Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Described by ProAves as enigmatic.


Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
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Species is browner from east Colombia through Guyanas and east Brazil, and greyer further west.


Maranon Spinetail (Synallaxis maranonica) Critically Endangered
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Note grey head and body.


Dusky Spinetail (Synallaxis moesta) Vereda Las Doradas, Caquetá, Colombia
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Ruddy Spinetail (Synallaxis rutilans caquetensis) Finca Porvenír, Meta, Colombia
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Moves in small sometimes noisy groups in dense foliage close to the rainforest floor.


Necklaced Spinetail (Synallaxis stictothorax maculata) Lambayeque, Peru
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Blackish-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis tithys) Vulnerable Macara, Loja, Ecuador
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Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa unirufa) Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
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