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STRIPE-CROWNED SPINETAIL Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
A hyperactive Chaco acrobat prone to sprinting squirrel-like through the low canopy of the Chaco woodland, inspecting crevices along the way, even if it means hanging upside-down to do so! Though he shares the same common name in English as the Synallaxis spinetails, the similarity begins and ends there. Behaviourally he is much less retiring, in fact his inquisitive character is more likely to remind you of a Philydor Foliage-gleaner.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1434PH) Adult lateral, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1435PH) Adult lateral, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1436PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1435PH) ventral (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2953PH) Adult dorsal, Madrejón, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith September 2011).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1437VI) Same individual as (FPAVE1435PH - FPAVE1436PH) singing (Paul Smith September 2010).
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