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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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Records from Parque Nacional Chaco

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: 646261
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/16/2025
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 638135
 
Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
06/28/2024
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 617367
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
09/27/2024
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 459079
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
08/22/2021
Mauro Méndez Renedo
Foto
Photography ID: 447802
  Juvenile

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
06/01/2021
Mauro Méndez Renedo
Foto
Photography ID: 118731
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
10/03/2015
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 109552
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/20/2015
Luis Emilio Lorenzo
Foto
Photography ID: 21436
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
03/30/2013
Diego Oscar



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Dolores Fernandez08/07/2018ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoIndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233274116/07/2025ArgentinaChacoSendero el palmar, Parque Nacional ChacoPeter Vidana
216250729/09/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoHernán Tolosa
216247528/09/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoHernán Tolosa
216243127/09/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoHernán Tolosa
216238726/09/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoHernán Tolosa
229845028/06/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco, Parque Nacional ChacoGustavo Marasco
168780905/11/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoDiego Carus
168765005/11/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoMaria Belén Dri
162713113/08/2022ArgentinaChacoSendero 6, Parque Nacional Chaco1Pablo Capovilla
162575313/08/2022ArgentinaChacoSendero 6, Parque Nacional Chaco1Hugo Caverzasi
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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.