How do you identify a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?

The Rio Orinoco spinetail is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 14 g (0.41 to 0.49 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?

The Rio Orinoco Spinetail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 13 g.

Where can you see a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?

The Rio Orinoco Spinetail occurs in 2 countries, including Colombia and Venezuela.

What birds look similar to a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?

The Rio Orinoco Spinetail is most easily confused with the Araguaia Spinetail, the Russet-bellied Spinetail and the Pinto's Spinetail.

Is the Rio Orinoco Spinetail endangered?

The Rio Orinoco Spinetail is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Rio Orinoco Spinetail

Synallaxis beverlyae

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Rio Orinoco Spinetail (Synallaxis beverlyae) is a legendary ovenbirds and woodcreeper found in 2 countries, weighing about 13 g. The Rio Orinoco spinetail, or Orinoco spinetail, is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

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About the Rio Orinoco Spinetail

The Rio Orinoco spinetail, or Orinoco spinetail, is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Venezuela and possibly Colombia.

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How to identify it

The Rio Orinoco spinetail is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 14 g (0.41 to 0.49 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a whitish supercilium and whitish line beneath the eye on an otherwise gray face and forehead. Their crown is orange-rufous, their nape smoke-gray, and their back, rump and uppertail coverts light grayish brown. Their upperwing coverts are cinnamon-rufous, their greater coverts somewhat olive-brown, and their flight feathers olive-brown. The underside of their wings is grayer than the upperside. Voice: As of late 2023 xeno-canto had no recordings of Rio Orinoco spinetail vocalizations and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had only a few. The species' main vocalization is "a series of 6–9 rapid but well-separated notes, first one accentuated not run together in a rattle-trill". It also gives "a longer and more hurried series of notes, also a single loud note".

Where it lives

Colombia Venezuela

When to see it

Best months: January, February, July, October, November, December, with peak activity in July. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?: The Rio Orinoco spinetail is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 11.5 to 14 g (0.41 to 0.49 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?: The Rio Orinoco Spinetail is a tiny sized bird weighing about 13 g.
Where can you see a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?: The Rio Orinoco Spinetail occurs in 2 countries, including Colombia and Venezuela.
What birds look similar to a Rio Orinoco Spinetail?: The Rio Orinoco Spinetail is most easily confused with the Araguaia Spinetail, the Russet-bellied Spinetail and the Pinto's Spinetail.
Is the Rio Orinoco Spinetail endangered?: The Rio Orinoco Spinetail is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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