About the Rufous-breasted Spinetail
The rufous-breasted spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
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The rufous-breasted spinetail is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 19 g (0.53 to 0.67 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a sepia brown face, crown, nape, back, rump and uppertail coverts. Their wings are chestnut with brown tips on their flight feathers. Their tail is chestnut brown; the feathers have black shafts. Their chin and upper throat are slate black with widish white streaks; their lower throat is solid slate black. Voice: The rufous-breasted spinetail's song is "a nasal weet!-weet!-weet!-Wur'r'r'r'r'r". Other vocalizations are a "very high, rising slightly shrieking wrutuwit-wít-truw" and " a nasal, emphatic whit'chew". Its alarm call is a chatter or trill.
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What the Rufous-breasted Spinetail sounds like
Where the Rufous-breasted Spinetail lives
When to see the Rufous-breasted Spinetail
Peak activity in March · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rufous SpinetailSynallaxis unirufaThe rufous spinetail is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 17 to 21 g (0.60 to 0.74 oz).
Plain-crowned SpinetailSynallaxis gujanensisThe plain-crowned spinetail is 15 to 17 cm (5.9 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 13 to 22 g (0.46 to 0.78 oz).
Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaThe silvery-throated spinetail is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long.
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