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Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens
Temminck, CJ, 1823
Pijuí Cola Parda
Uí-pi

Family: Furnariidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Mendoza

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Gray forehead; rufous crown and shoulders; brown back, wings, and tail; diffuse gular patch and gray underparts.

Habitat: Forests in savannas and rural areas.

Behavior: Confident and hidden.

Feeding: Arachnids and insects.

Nesting: Elaborate closed nests made of twigs, often spiny.


Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 656833
  Adult

Campo la florida
Mendoza
Argentina
10/11/2025
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 622621
  Adult

San Carlos
Mendoza
Argentina
01/11/2025
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 622613
  Juvenile

San Carlos
Mendoza
Argentina
01/10/2025
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 608791
  Adult

Embalse El Carrizal
Mendoza
Argentina
11/08/2024
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 608481
  Adult

Embalse El Carrizal
Mendoza
Argentina
11/08/2024
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 565362
  Adult

Ugarteche
Mendoza
Argentina
11/20/2023
Fernando Naifleisch
Foto
Photography ID: 515948
  Adult

La Paz
Mendoza
Argentina
11/19/2022
Pablo Moreno
Foto
Photography ID: 395181
  Adult

Embalse El Carrizal
Mendoza
Argentina
12/14/2019
Marcelo Zanotti
Foto
Photography ID: 360767
  Adult

Bowen
Mendoza
Argentina
11/05/2019
Feliciano Ferretti



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Pablo Moreno10/13/2024ArgentinaMendozaBosques teltecaLavalleIndistinguishableAdultYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239993914/12/2025ArgentinaMendozaCircunvalación del DiqueDiego Oscar
237539111/10/2025ArgentinaMendozaDelta del Rio Tunuyan Campo de Fran, La Paz1Pablo Moreno
237530411/10/2025ArgentinaMendozaDelta del Rio Tunuyan La Tosca, La Paz1Pablo Moreno
237520811/10/2025ArgentinaMendozaDelta del Rio Tunuyan Los Algarrobos3Pablo Moreno
237486711/10/2025ArgentinaMendozaCampo la florida2Pablo Moreno
236919628/09/2025ArgentinaMendozaLagunita temporal de la cantera2Pablo Moreno
224900111/01/2025ArgentinaMendozaFinca el remanso, San CarlosSantos Uranga
224899410/01/2025ArgentinaMendozaFinca el remanso, San CarlosSantos Uranga
218864808/11/2024ArgentinaMendozaEmbalse El CarrizalManuel Godoy
218544208/11/2024ArgentinaMendozaEl carrizal, Embalse El CarrizalDamián Carnevale
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Bibliography related


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. Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.