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Ochre-cheeked Spinetail

Synallaxis scutata
Sclater, PL, 1859
Pijuí Canela
Estrelinha-preta

Family: Furnariidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Departamento Santa Barbara

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Cinnamon underparts with white eyebrow and throat, black neckband and eyeline, rufous wings and tail, brown crown and back.

Geographic Distribution: Jujuy and Salta.

Habitat: Yungas.

Behavior: Trusting and secretive, often walks on the ground.

Diet: Arachnids and insects.

Nesting: Elaborate closed nests made of twigs, often thorny.


Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
230574110/01/2025ArgentinaJujuyEl Fuerte, Departamento Santa BarbaraGustavo Marasco
230284229/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Juan Cambria
230159929/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Magdalena Gerez De Larminat
229919329/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2María Cecilia De Larminat
229266429/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Jeremías Pintos
228578829/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Felipe Aguilar
218700029/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Naré Berduc
217367529/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Ralph Roberts
216973629/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Bautista Villanueva
215586629/08/2024ArgentinaJujuyRuta Provincial 6, Departamento Santa Barbara2Nazareno Del Carlo
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Bibliography related


Artículo De la Peña, M. R. 1999. Aves Argentinas, Lista y Distribución. 244 págs. LOLA. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Artículo Narosky, T. Y M. Ruda Vega. 2009. Aves Argentinas, un vuelo por el mundo silvestre. 1a edición. Albatros. Buenos Aires.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Ochre-cheeked Spinetail (Synallaxis scutata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/03/2026.