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The white-browed tit-spinetail is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 13 g (0.46 oz). It is a small-bodied, long-tailed furnariid with a short bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a white supercilium with a narrow black border above it on an otherwise blackish and whitish streaked face. Their crown is bright rufous. Their upperparts are dull grayish brown, with narrow black-outlined white streaks that become more prominent on the lower back, then fainter on the rump, and become more obvious but still pale on the uppertail coverts. Voice: The white-browed tit-spinetail is very vocal and often sings while foraging. Its song is "a rapid, dry descending trill, sometimes with some 1-4 shorter introductory notes tjit tjit trrrrrrreeeeeeeeuuu and lasting two seconds". Its contact call is "a check or tjit note", and it also makes "a series of tleet notes".
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When to see the White-browed Tit-Spinetail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-browed Tit-Spinetail
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the White-browed Tit-Spinetail
The white-browed tit-spinetail is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Easily confused with
Striolated Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striolataThe striolated tit-spinetail is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 10 to 11 g (0.35 to 0.39 oz).
Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura pileataThe rusty-crowned tit-spinetail is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 8 to 12.5 g (0.28 to 0.44 oz).
Streak-backed Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striataThe streak-backed tit-spinetail is 14.5 to 16.5 cm (5.7 to 6.5 in) long and weighs about 8.5 to 10.5 g (0.30 to 0.37 oz).
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