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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Leptorhynchus guttatus.


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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Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Elsa Longo07/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Guillermo Marcaida07/05/2018ArgentinaMisionesReservaBio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
María Del Carmen Fabeiro06/30/2018ArgentinaMisionesReservaBio Reserva KaradyaAdultNoNo
Maria Victoria Di Stasio06/30/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaN/AAdultNoNo
Walter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez05/06/2018ArgentinaMisionesSeccional UruzúParque Provincial Urugua-íN/AN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
85570611/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaMarcelo Gavensky
80037307/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaElsa Longo
78906405/07/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva, Bio Reserva KaradyaGuillermo Marcaida
77939730/06/2018ArgentinaMisionesReserva, Bio Reserva KaradyaMaría Del Carmen Fabeiro
77738330/06/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaMaria Victoria Di Stasio
76633209/06/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce CaballeroMarcelo Allende
75675406/05/2018ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
79230424/02/2018ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Cruce CaballeroMarcelo Javier Wioneczak
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Bibliography related


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.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Spotted Bamboowren (Psilorhamphus guttatus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.