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Synallaxis albescens

Photo by Stanley Jones
Photo taken:Chiriqui Province, Panama, May, 2012

[edit] Identification

16.5 cm long, and weighs 15 g.
Medium long tail.
The upperparts mainly pale brown, darker wings and tail and rufous crown and shoulder patches. The throat and underparts are whitish with browner flanks.

Sexes are similar.

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica to central Argentina, and in Trinidad.

[edit] Taxonomy

Thirteen subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• S. a. latitabunda
• S. a. hypoleuca
• S. a. insignis
• S. a. occipitalis
• S. a. littoralis
• S. a. perpallida
• S. a. nesiotis
• S. a. trinitatis
• S. a. josephinae
• S. a. inaequalis
• S. a. griseonota
• S. a. albescens
• S. a. australis

[edit] Habitat

Grassy and scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

Nesting: It builds a spherical stick nest with a 30 cm long tubular entrance low in a bush, into which its two greenish white eggs are laid.
Diet: insectivore.
Song: a buzzy repetitive wait'here.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

• List of references

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