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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: 599129
  Adult

Bialet Masse
Córdoba
Argentina
10/25/2014
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 160933
  Adult

Tanti
Córdoba
Argentina
12/03/2014
Aluminé Sangorrín
Foto
Photography ID: 74195
  Adult

La Paisanita
Córdoba
Argentina
11/24/2014
Andres Espindola
Foto
Photography ID: 69249
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/11/2014
Eduardo Carreyra
Foto
Photography ID: 67844
  Adult

Parque Nacional Pre-Delta
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/26/2014
Andres Teran
Foto
Photography ID: 67177
  Adult

Trancas
Tucumán
Argentina
07/13/2014
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 67157
  Adult

Bialet Masse
Córdoba
Argentina
10/25/2014
Adrian Braidotti



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Pablo Capovilla06/14/2014ArgentinaSanta FeEstablecimiento Tierra BuenaSanturce, San CristóbalIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Andres Espindola04/20/2014ArgentinaCórdobaLa RancheritaIndistinguishableN/ANoNo
J. Simón Tagtachian01/04/2014ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresCamino de los Plumerillos, frente a la Laguna de los Patos.Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)IndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 2479
  Adult

Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
09/28/2014
Santos Di Mauro
Video ID: 1547
  Adult

Quebrada de cautana
San Luis
Argentina
10/30/2014
Claudia Mora



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
21470728/12/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta IndioFacundo Quintela
21463728/12/2014ArgentinaBuenos AiresMagdalenaFacundo Quintela
21453828/12/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarPablo Meoniz
21386627/12/2014ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Gonzalo Diaz
21495626/12/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasAlec Earnshaw
21485425/12/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdicesAlec Earnshaw
21152521/12/2014ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasJorge La Grotteria
21263020/12/2014ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Christian Bisiau
21108820/12/2014ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Gonzalo Diaz
73620519/12/2014ArgentinaCórdobaREFUGIO DE AVES PICO LIBRE, Departamento San Justo1Miguel Ansenuza
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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 16/03/2026.