- Synallaxis propinqua
Identification
15-16 cm. A typical Spinetail with a rather long bill.
- Greyish-brown crown and back to uppertail-coverts
- Light greyish-brown face with indistinct pale supercilium and dark eyeline
- Rufous wing-coverts
- Long, graduated tail dull rufous
- Greyish-white chin and black throat with greyish fringes
- Dull grey breast
- Whitish belly with brownish-grey flanks
- Dull buffish undertail-coverts
Sexes similar. Juveniles have paler upperparts und much paler underparts with buff wash and no rufous in wings.
Distribution
Along rivers in the Amazon basin: French Guiana (River Oyapock), eastern Ecuador (lower River Aguarico, River Napo, River Pastaza), northeast Peru (River Napo, River Amazon, river Ucayali), southeast Colombia (River Amazon), Brazil (along River Amazon east to River Tocantins, also lower River Branco, middle River Juruá, upper River Madeira) and northeast Bolivia (lower river Beni).
Common in suitable habitat.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Clements places this species now in the genus Mazaria.
Habitat
Found in river-island scrub, especially Tessaria thickets.
Occurs up to 300 m, rarely higher.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on arthropods.
Forages in pairs, gleaning items from small branches and foliages, usually 1 to 2 m above the ground.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
A resident species. Seasonal flooding of its habitat may result in local movements.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-bellied Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-bellied_Spinetail
