- Synallaxis cinerea
Synallaxis whitneyi
Identification:
16 cm
- Brown-olive upperparts
- Rufous crown, wings and tail
- Buff eyebrow
- Dark grey face
- Grey throat
- Dark grey-brown belly.
Similar Species
Rufous-capped Spinetail S. ruficapilla has lighter coloured underparts.
Distribution
Eastern Brazil (interior and southern Bahia and north-eastern Minas Gerais)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1]
This species was described as Synallaxis whitneyi in 1995; for a while thereafter, the general belief was that the species had really been described long before as Synallaxis cinerea Wied, 1831. The SACC link in references describe the evidence for reversing this stance.
Habitat
Montane rain forest, edge and second growth.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects.
Vocalisation
Distinctive disyllabic and rather low-pitched song, repeated constantly.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
- SACC proposal (passed) to use Synallaxis whitneyi as scientific name for this species.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bahia Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bahia_Spinetail
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
