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Rufous-capped Spinetail

Synallaxis ruficapilla
Vieillot, LJP, 1819
Pijuí Corona Rojiza
Pichororé

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

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Crown, shoulders, and tail rufous; flight feathers brown; ventral brownish light; orange-brown back and gray throat.

Geographical Distribution: Misiones, Corrientes, and Formosa.

Habitat: Forests and capueras.

Behavior: Confident and secretive.

Feeding: Arachnids and insects.

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

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 491384
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
10/02/2018
Edith Polverini
Foto
Photography ID: 293125
  Adult

Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
01/08/2018
Adrian Heredia
Foto
Photography ID: 292779
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
10/14/2018
Héctor Schreiber
Foto
Photography ID: 274895
  Adult

Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
06/30/2018
Maria Victoria Di Stasio
Foto
Photography ID: 267593
  Adult

Bio Reserva Karadya
Misiones
Argentina
05/21/2018
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 248746
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
02/10/2018
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 245719
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
02/03/2018
David Juszczuk



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Elsa Longo07/05/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Guillermo Marcaida07/05/2018ArgentinaMisionesReservaBio Reserva KaradyaIndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
158973001/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íFranco Vushurovich
84317720/11/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo Ramón3Luis Cesar Tejo
82241714/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónHéctor Schreiber
82349912/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónPablo Eguia
157407202/10/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónEdith Polverini
81907612/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaAlec Earnshaw
81662111/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva Karadya1Alec Earnshaw
81285110/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-í1Alec Earnshaw
81199109/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva Karadya3Alec Earnshaw
81056408/09/2018ArgentinaMisionesBio Reserva KaradyaPablo Serur
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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. Rufous-capped Spinetail (Synallaxis ruficapilla) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.