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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: 660206
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 660205
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/09/2025
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 617684
  Juvenile

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/05/2025
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 588303
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/20/2024
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 514829
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/04/2022
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 504905
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/13/2022
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 498807
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/25/2022
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 475885
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/11/2021
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 454513
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/03/2021
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 454509
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/03/2021
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 451425
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/20/2021
Diego Trillo
Foto
Photography ID: 451419
  Adult

Avellaneda
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/20/2021
Diego Trillo



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Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Trillo12/19/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área AvellanedaAvellanedaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Diego Trillo08/25/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área AvellanedaAvellanedaIndistinguishableN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238784309/11/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
223062105/01/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
204802820/06/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
167719204/11/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
163002613/08/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
160429125/06/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
153348219/12/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
151948711/12/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
143104703/07/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
141996720/06/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEco Área Avellaneda, AvellanedaDiego Trillo
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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 23/03/2026.