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Spotted Bamboowren

Psilorhamphus guttatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 11 g
Spotted Bamboowren (Psilorhamphus guttatus), photo 1
Photo: Leonel Roget · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Bamboowren (Psilorhamphus guttatus), photo 2
Photo: (c) Leonel Roget, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Spotted Bamboowren sounds like

Sonogram of the Spotted Bamboowren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Fernando Jacobs · Song · Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The spotted bamboowren measures 13.5 cm (5.3 in) in length. Males weigh between 10.5 and 13 g (0.37 and 0.46 oz), while a female specimen weighed 11.5 g (0.41 oz). Adult males have gray heads and upper backs, with brownish lower backs. The throat and upper breast are whitish to buff, transitioning to buff on the lower breast and belly. The back, wings, and belly are speckled with small white, brown, or black spots. Adult females are similar in appearance, but with brown tops of the head and upper backs, and buffy upper breasts. Voice: The spotted bamboowren's song is described as "wood-wood-wood" repeated for up to 20 seconds with changing pitch and volume .

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When to see the Spotted Bamboowren

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 Spotted Bamboowren

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina

About the Spotted Bamboowren

The spotted bamboowren is a species of suboscine passerine bird in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Psilorhamphus. It is found in southeastern Brazil, far northeastern Argentina, and possibly Paraguay.

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Easily confused with

Slaty Bristlefront (Merulaxis ater) Slaty BristlefrontMerulaxis aterThe slaty bristlefront is 18.5 cm (7.3 in) long. Rufous-vented Tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis) Rufous-vented TapaculoScytalopus femoralisThe rufous-vented tapaculo is 12.5 cm (4.9 in) long. Brown-rumped Tapaculo (Scytalopus latebricola) Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaThe brown-rumped tapaculo is 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long.

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