Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Critically Endangered
Hoary-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis kollari)
Taxonomy
French: Synallaxe du Roraima German: Grauwangen-Dickichtschlüpfer Spanish: Pijuí del Roraima
Taxonomy:
Synallaxis Kollari
Pelzeln
, 1856,Forte do São Joaquim, Rio Branco, Roraima, Brazil
.Distribution:
N Brazil in upper R Branco tributaries of N Roraima and adjacent Guyana#R.
Descriptive notes
15–16 cm. Has grey-brown crown and lores, wide cinnamon-rufous supercilium from just above eye to nape, slightly darker auriculars diffusely tinged greyish at lower... read more
Voice
Song is of 2 notes, the second higher than first, repeated at 1-second intervals.
Habitat
Seasonally flooded gallery forest with dense, vine-rich undergrowth in savannas; 100 m.
Food and feeding
Little known. Food arthropods. Probably forages usually in pairs. Gleans items from near ground in dense undergrowth.
Breeding
Presumably monogamous. An incomplete nest found in Jul was a cup of twigs, placed 1·5 m above ground in dense bush. No further... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. Restricted-range species, found only along the major tributaries of the Rio Branco: present in Rio Branco Gallery Forest EBA. Locally fairly common.... read more
Often placed with S. scutata and S. candei in separate genus Poecilurus, but no diagnosable differences from current genus. Genetic data#R show present species is sister to a clade formed by S. candei and S. erythrothorax. Monotypic.