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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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
19892814/11/2014ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Caá YaríAndres Teran
18210027/09/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San JoséMarcos Augusto Lartigau
16296925/07/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaTomas Nazareno Rodriguez Astorino
13522104/04/2014ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaPablo Serur
13376204/04/2014ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaEsteban Argerich
13366904/04/2014ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaJulián Baigorria
21539208/03/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaRamiro Ramirez
13234106/03/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaRamiro Ramirez
18274912/02/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San JoséMarcos Augusto Lartigau
40960114/01/2014ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaUlises Balza
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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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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Spotted Bamboowren (Psilorhamphus guttatus) – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 22/09/2026.