Lineated Foliage-gleaner

Syndactyla subalaris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 29 g

What the Lineated Foliage-gleaner sounds like

Sonogram of the Lineated Foliage-gleaner: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Chinapinza at 1700 m, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Lineated Foliage-gleaner: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Cord. de los Guacamayos (1700-1800 m), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Lineated Foliage-gleaner: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Maquipucuna, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The lineated foliage-gleaner is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 26 to 40 g (0.92 to 1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. s. subalaris have a discontinuous light buff supercilium that extends to the nape; the rest of their face is blackish brown with small buff markings. Their crown is dark brown with thin buff streaks. They have a narrow ill-defined darker brown collar with wide buff streaks. Voice: The lineated foliage-gleaner's song is "a fast, accelerating series of 6–10 dry, harsh, scratchy, nasal notes...sometimes ascending and then descending, sometimes accelerating and then decelerating, ending abruptly". It has been put into words as "bzert, bzert, jzut, jzut-jj-jj-jj" and "anh, anh, anh-anh-anh-anhanhanhanh".

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When to see the Lineated Foliage-gleaner

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Lineated Foliage-gleaner

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Lineated Foliage-gleaner

The lineated foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Lineated Foliage-gleaner vs Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper · Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner vs Lineated Foliage-gleaner

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