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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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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 525619
  Adult

Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
08/04/2018
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 263483
  Adult

Departamento Ledesma
Jujuy
Argentina
04/30/2018
Nadia Mariel Sanchez
Foto
Photography ID: 259477
  Adult

Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
04/08/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 254245
  Adult

Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
01/28/2018
Andres Teran



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Luis Fernandez Campos11/21/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Luis Fernandez Campos11/21/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultYesNo
Jorge La Grotteria01/08/2018ArgentinaJujuySendero La LagunitaParque Nacional CalileguaIndistinguishableAdultYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
84186221/11/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaLuis Fernandez Campos
82809127/10/2018ArgentinaJujuyRuta 1 entre Caimancito y el PiqueteGustavo Arévalos
129001502/09/2018BoliviaDepartamento de Santa CruzRefugio Los Volcanes, SamaipataMarcelo Gavensky
79056306/08/2018ArgentinaSaltaArroyo El Limón4Jorge La Grotteria
78920406/08/2018ArgentinaSaltaUnnamed RoadSantiago Juan Torres
78914506/08/2018ArgentinaSaltaUnnamed Road2Jorge La Grotteria
78913006/08/2018ArgentinaSaltaUnnamed Road2Jorge La Grotteria
172797504/08/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaNino A. Grangetto
126847214/07/2018ArgentinaJujuyParque Nacional CalileguaLotfi Si Saber
78236913/07/2018ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 83 - Bosque Pedemontano, Parque Nacional Calilegua1Dario Juan Wendeler
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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 11/04/2026.