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ForestDomed nestTiny · 14 gWhat the Scaled Spinetail sounds like
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The scaled spinetail is a dark bird with scaly-looking undersides, a pale supercilium, dark brown upperparts and rufuous crown, wings and tail. The tail is graduated, with basally stiffened rectrices, pointed at tips. Breast and belly are very pale buff-brown; the feathers of throat, breast and belly are edged dark olive, creating a coarse, scaled appearance. It measures 14–15 cm (5.5–5.9 in) in length.
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When to see the Scaled Spinetail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Scaled Spinetail
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Scaled Spinetail
The scaled spinetail is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the lower Amazon River in Brazil, where it inhabits várzea forests and tropical or subtropical swamplands.
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Easily confused with
Bolivian SpinetailCranioleuca henricaeThe Bolivian spinetail is 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long.
Coiba SpinetailCranioleuca dissitaThe Coiba spinetail is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long.
Vilcabamba SpinetailCranioleuca weskeiThe Vilcabamba spinetail is 14.5 to 16 cm (5.7 to 6.3 in) long and weighs about 20 g (0.71 oz).
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