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Synallaxis albescens
SUBFAMILY
Synallaxeinae
TAXONOMY
Synallaxis albescens Temminck, 1823.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Synallaxe albane; German: Temminckschlьpfer; Spanish: Pijuн de Cola Parda.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Body length is about 6.5 in (16–16.5 cm). Bill is short, straight, and pointed. The body is small and slender, and the tail is long and indistinctly tipped with two short spines. The sexes are similar. The back and tail are colored olive-brown, the wings are olive-brown with bright rufous patches, the cheeks, throat, and belly are whitish, the crown of the head is rufous, and there is a whitish stripe over the eye.
DISTRIBUTION
Occurs widely from southern Central America through much of South America. It occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, northern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, most of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, eastern Peru, Uruguay, and northern and central Argentina.
HABITAT
Occurs in open savannahs and grassy meadows with scattered trees and shrubs. Occurs as high as about 4,900 ft (1,500 m).
BEHAVIOR
Mostly occurs as skulking, inconspicuous pairs. The song is a nasal, two-noted vocalization.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Forages for insects and other small invertebrates on the ground or in dense vegetation.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Constructs a bulky globular nest of sticks and grassy fibers attached to a shrub, with a side entrance. Both the male and female incubate the eggs and rear the nestlings.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. A widespread and abundant species.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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