Uee-pee call common in open grasslands and wetlands, at lower altitudes than similar Azara's Spinetail. | ||||||
Common and vocal at 2000-3000m in Andean cloud forests (a bit lower in Peru). Alt. photo Additional photo. | ||||||
A recently discovered river island specialist. | ||||||
Note desert scrub habitat. Despite its small range, this species has three visually distinctive subspecies. Birds closer to Venezuela have a white throat and black cheek, reversed from nominate (candei). And birds in Magdalena may have an all black face. | ||||||
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Sounds a bit like Azara's Spinetail, but is found at lower altitudes. Uniformly brown with white and black throat. | ||||||
Species is browner from east Colombia through Guyanas and east Brazil, and greyer further west. | ||||||
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Moves in small sometimes noisy groups in dense foliage close to the rainforest floor. | ||||||
Reference photo of not-too-different Perija race. Immature with some patchy coloration. | ||||||
