rufous on wings, tail; whitish below; eye-stripe (south Brazil; 2007-11-14)
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Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
Native Range:
South America
Notes:
nearly 250 species comprise this huge family of "ovenbirds" (Furnariidae) native to the Neotropical forests of South and Central America; the family name comes from the domed nests (resembling clay ovens) that many species build; most of the species are small and either drab-brown or rufous-brown in coloration; some speies are ecologically specialized whereas others are generalists that seem able to occupy a wide range of habitats; this species has a rather long and graduated tail; its common name can be misleading because the yellow patch on the chin (although diagnostic when visible) is small, not always evident in the field, and lacking altogewther in juveniles.
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