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Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens)

Altiplano Leste - DF, Brazil.

 

Known locally as "ui-pi".

 

The species is an insectivore which is difficult to see as it forages deep in thickets, but may be located by its buzzy repetitive song.

 

It can be found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Tyranni

Family: Furnariidae

Subfamily: Furnariinae

Tribe: Synallaxini

Genus: Synallaxis Vieillot, 1818

Species: S. albescens Temminck, 1823

Binomial name: Synallaxis albescens

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Uploaded on October 17, 2021
Taken on October 12, 2021