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Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent, Frank Fragano,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza,
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YELLOW-CHINNED SPINETAIL Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
Rowdy and gregarious, the Yellow-chinned Spinetail is one of the most numerous inhabitants of Paraguayan marshes. Though naturally skulking in behaviour, constant harsh calling reveals the presence of small family groups in dense reedy or bushy cover. In most cases they afford only a glimpse of a fairly long-tailed, uniformly rufous bird darting from one patch of cover to the next, usually followed by the other members of its party.
FIGURE 1 - Pair, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, Arroyo Mboi Kae, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith July).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual head detail (Regis Nossent July).
FIGURE 5 - Nest, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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To hear the call of this species hold the mouse over the tab above but do not click the button! It may take a few seconds to download but the button will turn pink when the call is ready to play. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
contact call PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
contact call PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
