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 - (FPAVE1786PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1787PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1788PH) Adult upperwing, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1789PH) Adult head detail, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent June 2005).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1790VI) Same individual as (FPAVE1787PH) (Paul Smith March 2007).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1791VI) Adult singing, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith December 2010).
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Synallaxis ruficapilla
1 (FPAVE1792RE) Call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
2 (FPAVE1793RE) High intensity call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
3 (FPAVE1794RE) Alarm call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
4 (FPAVE1795RE) Alarm call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Myriam Velázquez July 2000).
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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