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Sooty-fronted Spinetail

Synallaxis frontalis
Pelzeln, A, 1859
Pijuí Frente Gris
Petrim

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

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Gray forehead; rufous crown, wings, and tail; gray underparts, brown back, and black throat patch.

Geographic Distribution: Northern Argentina to Buenos Aires and La Pampa.

Habitat: Forests and jungle edges.

Behavior: Trusting and secretive.

Diet: Arachnids and insects.

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


Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 614544
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/18/2024
Lucas De Ciria
Foto
Photography ID: 476433
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/11/2021
Karina Kondert
Foto
Photography ID: 455365
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/19/2021
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 455364
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/19/2021
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 454800
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
07/19/2021
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 398130
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/06/2018
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 305596
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/17/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 303254
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/13/2018
Daniel Zelener
Foto
Photography ID: 303026
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/17/2018
Adriana Bellotti
Foto
Photography ID: 293668
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/13/2018
Daniel Zelener
Foto
Photography ID: 292050
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/06/2018
Eduardo Soriano
Foto
Photography ID: 265550
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
05/19/2018
Fernando Miranda



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Video ID: 2703
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/23/2017
Eduardo Cusano
Video ID: 2479
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/28/2014
Santos Di Mauro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244732815/03/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, CeibasDiego Oscar
243417616/02/202612:00ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1María Alejandra Sosa
243391216/02/202612:00ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Jorge La Grotteria
241903519/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasDiego Oscar
242407417/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
241785517/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasDiego Oscar
241460305/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas1Gabriel Carbajales
241446504/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosEa. Campo Bajo, Ceibas1Gabriel Carbajales
241437104/01/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosTerraplen, Ceibas1Gabriel Carbajales
239155221/11/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Diego Oscar
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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. Sooty-fronted Spinetail (Synallaxis frontalis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 17/03/2026.