Pale-breasted Spinetail

Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Buenos Aires

In 3 days <5%

6 Verified sightings at Buenos Aires
1,394 In all 19 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Pale-breasted Spinetail

The pale-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) is a passerine bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

The pale-breasted spinetail's taxonomy is in flux. The IOC includes hypoleuca within latitabunda and griseonota within inaequalis. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World does not recognize the two Clements entries nor trinitatis.

What is now the dark-breasted spinetail (S. albigularis) was previously treated by some authors as conspecific with... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:40

Brazil · 2018

© João Capurucho · XC984723 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:17

Argentina · 2024

© Sabrina Andrea Rendon Anaya · XC915959 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:22

Brazil · 2024

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC861550 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~40%
2 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
4 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
5 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
6 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
~10%
7 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
8 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
9 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
11 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
12 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
13 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
14 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
15 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
16 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
17 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
18 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
19 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Medellín 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
2 Barranquilla 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
3 Caracas 🇻🇪 Venezuela
~10%
4 Valencia 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
5 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
6 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
7 Cordoba 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
8 Asuncion 🇵🇾 Paraguay
<5%
9 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Pale-breasted Spinetail in Buenos Aires?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Spinetail sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 269th most-seen of the 274 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Pale-breasted Spinetail in Buenos Aires?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-breasted Spinetail in Buenos Aires on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Pale-breasted Spinetail?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-breasted Spinetail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Buenos Aires the best place to see a Pale-breasted Spinetail?

10th of 10

Of the 10 cities where we can rate Pale-breasted Spinetail sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 10th at under 5%. The best odds are in Medellín (Colombia, about 10%), Barranquilla (Colombia, about 10%) and Caracas (Venezuela, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Pale-breasted Spinetail live in Buenos Aires?

Same genus: Synallaxis

The closest relatives of the Pale-breasted Spinetail that you can see in Buenos Aires (genus Synallaxis, Synallaxis Spinetails) are Sooty-fronted Spinetail (about 30%) and Spix's Spinetail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Pale-breasted Spinetail sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Pale-breasted Spinetail is recorded against all the birds logged in Buenos Aires (6 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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