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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: 626389
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/15/2025
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 450929
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/19/2021
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 419402
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/14/2020
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 419046
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/14/2020
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 414126
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/12/2020
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 362063
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/13/2016
Desalvo T. Benjamin
Foto
Photography ID: 351569
  Adult

Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/14/2019
Silvia Sokolovsky



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Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Silvia Sokolovsky10/08/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLujánLujánIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Desalvo T. Benjamin11/30/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresLujánIndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226239715/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresLujánSilvia Sokolovsky
141795019/06/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEstancia Los talas, LujánSilvia Sokolovsky
131111814/11/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresBiohuellas, LujánSilvia Sokolovsky
129791712/10/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresVías del tren, LujánSilvia Sokolovsky
129664508/10/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLuján, LujánSilvia Sokolovsky
114060630/11/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresLujánDesalvo T. Benjamin
97607214/09/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresCarlos Keen, LujánSilvia Sokolovsky
83819301/04/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresLujánDesalvo T. Benjamin
113089113/08/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresLujánDesalvo T. Benjamin
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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.