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Psilorhamphus guttatus

Spotted Bamboowren


Psilorhamphus guttatus

(Ménétries, É, 1835)
Gallito Overo
Tapaculo-pintado
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Synonyms: Leptorhynchus guttatus.




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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern


Description


Description: Lead-colored head and back, with a whitish throat and the rest of the ventral side turning cinnamon. Brown wings. Back dotted with white and ventral side dotted with dark brown, becoming barred brown towards the subcaudal. White-tipped tail feathers, with the rest of the tail feathers dotted with cinnamon in a very picturesque design. Dark upper mandible and lighter lower mandible. The female is more cinnamon-colored.

Geographic Distribution within Argentina: Misiones and northeast of Corrientes.

Habitat: Dense tacuaral in forests.

Behavior: Very secretive, with a strong voice that can be heard from afar.

Feeding: Arthropods and invertebrates.

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Geographic distribution


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Species photographs

Count: 28

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Photography ID: 701351
  Adult
Comandante Andresito
Misiones
Argentina
08/23/2026
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 681767
  Adult
El Soberbio
Misiones
Argentina
04/02/2026
Adrian Dario Barboza
Foto
Photography ID: 625321
  Adult
Rancho Queimado
Santa Catarina
Brazil
01/19/2025
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 459122
  Adult
Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
08/19/2021
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 448552
 Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
05/23/2021
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 364477
  Adult
Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
11/23/2019
Dante Andres Rektor
Foto
Photography ID: 357886
  Adult
Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
10/20/2019
Pablo Serur
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Photography ID: 353887
♂  Adult
Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
09/28/2019
David Juszczuk



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Species vocalizations

Count: 14


Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
María Del Carmen Fabeiro08/14/2026ArgentinaMisionesReserva Mainumby, Comandante AndresitoN/AAdultNoNo
Pablo Bruni05/23/2026ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce CaballeroN/AN/AYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria09/03/2024ArgentinaMisionesCamino sin nombrar, Parque Provincial Cruce CaballeroN/AN/ANoNo
Hugo Caverzasi11/16/2024ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaN/AN/ANoNo
Diego Oscar08/15/2021ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaN/AN/AYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria07/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaN/AN/ANoNo
Héctor Bernardo Fernández06/07/2019ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Elsa Longo07/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Guillermo Marcaida07/05/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva, Bio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
María Del Carmen Fabeiro06/30/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva, Bio Reserva Karadya♂AdultNoNo
Maria Victoria Di Stasio06/30/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaN/AAdultNoNo
Walter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez05/06/2018ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íN/AN/ANoNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria05/25/2012ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la Selva♂AdultYesNo
 DownloadJorge La Grotteria08/19/2012ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial PiñalitoN/AN/ANoNo


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Species videos

Count: 1




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Species reports



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Species records

Count: 116



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
251579723/08/2026ArgentinaMisionesCamino entre Surucuá y Karadya, Comandante AndresitoGustavo Marasco
251149114/08/2026ArgentinaMisionesReserva Mainumby, Comandante AndresitoMaría Del Carmen Fabeiro
250399123/07/2026ArgentinaMisionesParque provincia Caa Yari1Gabriel Carbajales
250351119/07/2026ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva Karadya1Gabriel Carbajales
249752117/07/2026ArgentinaMisionesReserva de Usos Múltiples Guaraní1Faustino Hollmann
247540123/05/2026ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce Caballero1Pablo Bruni
247443323/05/2026ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce Caballero1Faustino Hollmann
245674402/04/2026ArgentinaMisionesCerca de parque provincial Moconá, El SoberbioAdrian Dario Barboza
244411727/01/2026BrazilRio de JaneiroParque Mambucaba--estrada do Chapeu do Sol, Paraty1Julian Uriel Collado
239475324/11/2025ArgentinaMisionesR.p. 151Julian Uriel Collado
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Related bibliography


Artículo Chebez, J. C. 2009. Otros que se van. Fauna Argentina Amenazada. 552 págs. Albatros. Buenos Aires.

Artículo De la Peña, M. R. 1999. Aves Argentinas, Lista y Distribución. 244 págs. LOLA. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Artículo Narosky, T. Y M. Ruda Vega. 2009. Aves Argentinas, un vuelo por el mundo silvestre. 1a edición. Albatros. Buenos Aires.



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Recommended citation
Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Spotted Bamboowren (Psilorhamphus guttatus) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.