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The Araucaria tit-spinetail is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). It is a small-bodied, long-tailed furnariid with a short crest and a longish (for the genus) slightly decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a thin white supercilium on an otherwise black and white striped face. Their crown and crest are blackish with narrow paler streaks. Their upperparts are reddish brown with faint pale streaks on the upper back. Their wings are mostly rufous with wide rufous bases on the otherwise blackish flight feathers. Voice: The Araucaria tit-spinetail's song is a "series (2-3 sec) of very high, thin notes changing in tempo between trill and rattle".
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When to see the Araucaria Tit-Spinetail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Araucaria Tit-Spinetail
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Araucaria Tit-Spinetail
The Araucaria tit-spinetail is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicolaThe Andean tit-spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs about 15 to 16 g (0.53 to 0.56 oz).
Tufted Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura platensisThe tufted tit-spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz).
Brown-capped Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura fuliginicepsThe brown-capped tit-spinetail is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 13 g (0.32 to 0.46 oz).
Side by side: Araucaria Tit-Spinetail vs Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail · Andean Tit-Spinetail vs Araucaria Tit-Spinetail · Araucaria Tit-Spinetail vs Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail
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