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What the Lineated Foliage-gleaner sounds like



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
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
Buff-browed Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla rufosuperciliataThe buff-browed foliage-gleaner is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 22 to 33 g (0.78 to 1.2 oz).
Rufous-necked Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla ruficollisThe rufous-necked foliage-gleaner is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 29 to 39 g (1.0 to 1.4 oz).
Guttulate Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla guttulataThe guttulate foliage-gleaner is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 34 to 38 g (1.2 to 1.3 oz).
Side by side: Lineated Foliage-gleaner vs Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper · Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner vs Lineated Foliage-gleaner
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