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Spotted Barbtail

Premnoplex brunnescens

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 16 g
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 1
Photo: (c) Rajan Rao, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rajan Rao · cc-by
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 2
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 3
Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 4
Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 5
Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 6
Photo: Andre Knocklein · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 7
Photo: Thomas Ebner · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 8
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 9
Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens), photo 10
Photo: Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0

What the Spotted Barbtail sounds like

Sonogram of the Spotted Barbtail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher Parson, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Spotted Barbtail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Spotted Barbtail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The spotted barbtail ranges from 13 to 15 centimetres (5.1 to 5.9 in) in length, and from 14 to 19 grams in weight. The species does not exhibit sexual dimorphism; males and females are alike. Within its family the spotted barbtail is small and dark, with rich patterning on its underside. The forehead is dark greyish-brown, with spots that are tawny or ochraceous in color. The bird has a narrow supercilium, formed by a series of closely spaced spots above and behind the eye. Similar lines of spots extend down the neck from the supercilium.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Spotted Barbtail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spotted Barbtail

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Colombia Ecuador Panama Peru Venezuela Bolivia

About the Spotted Barbtail

The spotted barbtail is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

White-throated BarbtailPremnoplex tateiThe white-throated barbtail is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long.

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