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The plain-mantled tit-spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 7.5 to 11 g (0.26 to 0.39 oz). It is a small, slender, long-tailed furnariid with a short bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies L. a. aegithaloides have a white supercilium on an otherwise dark brownish, whitish streaked, face. Their crown is dark brown with wide golden-tawny streaks, their hindneck dark brown with grayish-white streaks, and their back, rump, and uppertail coverts dull brownish. Voice: The subspecies of the plain-mantled tit-spinetail have quite different voices. The nominate subspecies' song is "a high-pitched descending, broken trill lasting 2–5 seconds, with accentuated sharper notes, e.g. 'chikiti-chikiti-chikiti- chikiti-ti-ti-ti-pweew-ti-ti-ti-pweew-ti-ti-ti…' ". Its calls include a "shorter, lower-pitched nasal trill, 'prrr' " and "a double 'tzk-tzk' or 'pit-tzk-tzk' ".
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When to see the Plain-mantled Tit-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 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail
The plain-mantled tit-spinetail is a small passerine bird of South America in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Tufted Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura platensisThe tufted tit-spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz).
Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setariaThe Araucaria tit-spinetail is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz).
Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicolaThe Andean tit-spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs about 15 to 16 g (0.53 to 0.56 oz).
Side by side: Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail vs Wren-like Rushbird · Araucaria Tit-Spinetail vs Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail · Andean Tit-Spinetail vs Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail
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