#Synallaxis brachyura

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BOTD: Slaty Spinetail

Photo: Ryan Mandelbaum

"Small, dark, and long-tailed. Difficult to see well. Overall gray with rufous wings and crown. Sexes alike. Stays hidden in weedy, tangled undergrowth at the edges of fields and secondary forest. Distinctive song often heard emerging from impenetrable thickets: a low, stuttered chatter."

- eBird

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October 10, 2023 - Slaty Spinetail or Slaty Castlebuilder (Synallaxis brachyura) These spinetails are found in scrub, thickets, and undergrowth at forest edges, overgrown clearings, the edges of swamps, and gardens in southern Central America and in parts of Ecuador and Colombia to northern Peru. They feed on invertebrates including beetles, butterflies, larvae, and spiders, as well as seeds, usually foraging in pairs. Their bulky nests are made from twigs and sticks, often with thorns, soft green leaves, spiderwebs, and sometimes snake or lizard skins. Both parents incubate the eggs and feed the chicks.

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Slaty Spinetail

Burgalin Sequeira Fernando

Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura) Arquitecto Plomizo R