Birds of Peru - Synallaxis


Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) Cocorná, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Uee-pee call common in open grasslands and wetlands, at lower altitudes than similar Azara's Spinetail.


Dark-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albigularis albigularis) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae media) La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Common and vocal at 2000-3000m in Andean cloud forests (a bit lower in Peru).
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Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura nigrifumosa) Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Vocal, but secretive.


Cabanis's Spinetail (Synallaxis cabanisi cabanisi) Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis cherriei) Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Described by ProAves as enigmatic.

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Chinchipe Spinetail (Synallaxis chinchipensis) ENDEMIC

Split from the Necklaced Spinetail in 2020, and only found in the Maranon Valley.


Apurimac Spinetail (Synallaxis courseni) Vulnerable ENDEMIC Abancay, Apurimac, Peru
Photograph by Jon Irvine © All Rights Reserved.

Closest to Azara's Spinetail and vocally similar.


Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Species is browner from east Colombia through Guyanas and east Brazil, and greyer further west.


Great Spinetail (Synallaxis hypochondriaca) Near Threatened ENDEMIC San Marcos, Cajamarca, Peru Locally common in its small range.
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Cinereous-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis hypospodia) DF, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Maranon Spinetail (Synallaxis maranonica) Critically Endangered
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo © All Rights Reserved.

Note grey head and body.


Dusky Spinetail (Synallaxis moesta) Vereda Las Doradas, Caquetá, Colombia
Photograph by Jorge Muñoz © All Rights Reserved.


Ruddy Spinetail (Synallaxis rutilans caquetensis) Finca Porvenír, Meta, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Moves in small sometimes noisy groups in dense foliage close to the rainforest floor.


Ochre-cheeked Spinetail (Synallaxis scutata scutata) Fazenda Grotão, DF, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Necklaced Spinetail (Synallaxis stictothorax maculata) Lambayeque, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Blackish-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis tithys) Vulnerable Macara, Loja, Ecuador
Photograph by Stephen J. Davies © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa unirufa) Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Russet-bellied Spinetail (Synallaxis zimmeri) Vulnerable ENDEMIC Raquia, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.