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The great spinetail is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 23 to 26 g (0.81 to 0.92 oz). It is a large, long-tailed, furnariid. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a wide white supercilium, dusky lores and ear coverts, and a creamy whitish malar area. Their crown is dull brown with faint buffy streaks on the forehead. Their back is a lighter brown and their rump and uppertail coverts grayish brown. Their wing coverts are rufous to brownish rufous and the flight feathers dusky with tawny edges. Their tail is graduated and dusky brown. Voice: The great spinetail's song is "a loud, and rapid spluttering accelerating/decelerating chatter of thk notes that rise and fall, interspersed with nasal dew notes". It is commonly sung in duet. Its calls include "a metallic TCHEE-TCHEE or a much longer tu-ter-CHEE-CHEE-CHEE with the number of CHEE notes slightly variable".
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When to see the Great Spinetail
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Where to see the Great Spinetail
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About the Great Spinetail
The great spinetail is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Easily confused with
Pinto's SpinetailSynallaxis infuscataPinto's spinetail is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 16 to 20 g (0.56 to 0.71 oz).
Russet-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis zimmeriThe russet-bellied spinetail is 16.5 to 17 cm (6.5 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 12 to 14 g (0.42 to 0.49 oz).
Hoary-throated SpinetailSynallaxis kollariThe hoary-throated spinetail is 14.5 to 16 cm (5.7 to 6.3 in) long.
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