Stripe-crowned Spinetail in the Iberá Wetlands: where and when…

A furnariid of 13 to 16 cm with an olive-brown back, a streaked crown and rufous wings, and a very prominent white supercilium that contrasts with a dark eye-line. The throat and breast are white or whitish. The tail is long and rufous. The bill is thin and slightly curved. It inhabits the understory of the Chaco woodland, the edges of gallery forest and shrubby thickets. Unlike the Yellow-chinned Spinetail, it does not frequent reedbeds but rather dry vegetation.

Behaviour

Active and not very elusive. It moves among the low and middle branches of the woodland and the forest understory, looking for insects and spiders on the bark and leaves. Its song is a sequence of descending notes, an accelerating "tri-tri-tri" or "ti-ti-ti." It frequently joins mixed flocks with other understory insectivores.

How and when to see it

Year round. Detected by its song. The portals with Chaco woodland and gallery forest such as Galarza, San Antonio and Mburucuyá.

Where to see it in the Iberá

The gateways of the Great Iberá Park where stripe-crowned spinetail has confirmed presence:

GalarzaSee the gateway → San AntonioSee the gateway → MburucuyáSee the gateway → CarambolaSee the gateway → San NicolásSee the gateway →

Tours to see it

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Species profile

Common nameStripe-crowned Spinetail
Scientific nameCranioleuca pyrrhophia
GroupBird
StatusNative

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