How big is a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?

The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is a small sized bird weighing about 17 g.

Where can you see a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?

The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail occurs in 4 countries, including Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.

What birds look similar to a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?

The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is most easily confused with the Ruddy Spinetail, the Dusky Spinetail and the Black-throated Spinetail.

Is the Cinereous-breasted Spinetail endangered?

The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Cinereous-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis hypospodia

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers · Passeriformes · Rare

The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis hypospodia) is a rare ovenbirds and woodcreeper found in 4 countries, weighing about 17 g. The cinereous-breasted spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

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Cinereous-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis hypospodia), photo 1 — Photo: Fernando Sessegolo · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

About the Cinereous-breasted Spinetail

The cinereous-breasted spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

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How to identify it

The cinereous-breasted spinetail is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 18 g (0.53 to 0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a faint gray supercilium on an otherwise gray-brown face. Their forecrown is dark gray-brown, their crown and nape chestnut-rufous, and their back, rump and uppertail coverts dark brown. Their wing coverts are chestnut-rufous and their flight feathers dark brown with rufescent edges. Their tail is a darker brown than the back; it is graduated and the feathers have rounded tips. Voice: Remsen describes the cinereous-breasted spinetail's principal vocalization as "a hurried and loud chatter on same pitch, 'chéw, chew-chee-chee-chee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eu', accelerating at end". As described by vanPerlo, it is a "high, sharp 'tut-Drrrrrrruh' (last part staccato and slightly descending)".

Where it lives

Brazil Peru Bolivia Paraguay

When to see it

Best months: May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in September. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?: The cinereous-breasted spinetail is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 18 g (0.53 to 0.63 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?: The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is a small sized bird weighing about 17 g.
Where can you see a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?: The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail occurs in 4 countries, including Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.
What birds look similar to a Cinereous-breasted Spinetail?: The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is most easily confused with the Ruddy Spinetail, the Dusky Spinetail and the Black-throated Spinetail.
Is the Cinereous-breasted Spinetail endangered?: The Cinereous-breasted Spinetail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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