RUFOUS-CAPPED SPINETAIL Synallaxis ruficapilla ATLANTIC FOREST
Spinetails are a group of essentially similar skulkers that produce simple, easily-learnt vocalisations, far more useful in identification than the subtle plumage differences. This is a humid forest species where it is particularly associated with Chusquea bamboo tangles, making it even more difficult to locate! It is the brightest of the Paraguayan Spinetails.
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FIGURE 1 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Adult upperwing, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Adult head detail, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent June).
VIDEO - Same individual as Fig 2 (Paul Smith March - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Synallaxis ruficapilla
1 Call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
2 High intensity call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
3 Alarm call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.com - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
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