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Ochre-cheeked Spinetail

Synallaxis scutata
Sclater, PL, 1859
Pijuí Canela
Estrelinha-preta

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

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Cinnamon underparts with white eyebrow and throat, black neckband and eyeline, rufous wings and tail, brown crown and back.

Geographic Distribution: Jujuy and Salta.

Habitat: Yungas.

Behavior: Trusting and secretive, often walks on the ground.

Diet: Arachnids and insects.

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


Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Foto
Photography ID: 128508
  Adult

Araripe
Ceará
Brazil
12/06/2015
João Sérgio Barros
Foto
Photography ID: 112714
  Adult

Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
08/30/2015
Pablo Serur



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
37372806/12/2015BrazilCearáAraripeJoão Sérgio Barros
37817610/11/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaRamiro Ramirez
32428530/08/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaPablo Serur
32325930/08/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaEsteban Argerich
32321729/08/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaEsteban Argerich
32217717/08/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional Calilegua1Diana Weyland
29649121/06/2015ArgentinaJujuyArroyo Aguas Negras, Parque Nacional CalileguaFrancisco González Táboas
27457908/04/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaGonzalo Diaz
27058508/04/2015ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaDiego Carus
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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. Ochre-cheeked Spinetail (Synallaxis scutata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.