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Revision as of 14:48, 9 August 2009

Photo by arthurgrosset
Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil, July 2002
Synallaxis whitneyi

Synallaxis cinerea

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

Synallaxis cinerea Wied, 1831. Bahia Spinetail. Synallaxis whitneyi (Pacheco & Gonzaga, 1995) is considered to be a junior synonym of cinerea.

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Montane rain forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Vocalisation

Distinctive disyllabic and rather low-pitched song, repeated constantly.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BirdLife International

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