Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail

Spartonoica maluroides

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesWetlandCup nestTiny · 11 g

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The bay-capped wren-spinetail is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs about 10.5 g (0.37 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a whitish supercilium on an otherwise sandy brown face. Their crown is rufous. Their upperparts are sandy brown to olive-brown with bold black streaks on the nape and upper back. Their wings are brown with cinnamon at the base of the flight feathers. Their tail is mostly brown and graduated with pointed feathers; the central pair have some black. Their underparts are whitish with a buff or cinnamon tinge on the breast, sides, and flanks. Voice: The bay-capped wren-spinetail's primary song is "a grasshopper-like buzz, long and tuneless, rising and falling away". It has other vocalizations whose purposes have not been defined.

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When to see the Bay-capped Wren-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 Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail

The bay-capped wren-spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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