White-bellied Spinetail (Synallaxis propinqua)
White-bellied Spinetail, Marchantaria Island, Amazonas, Brazil, July 2001 - click for a larger image Marchantaria Island, Amazonas, Brazil
July 2001

The White-bellied Spinetail is found only on river islands in the Amazon river system. Here it prefers the early succession growth of cane, low bushes and tangles.

White-bellied Spinetail, Marchantaria Island, Amazonas, Brazil, July 2001 - click for a larger image It is browny-grey above with rufous wings and tail. The chin is light grey and there is a black patch on the lower throat. The breast is grey becoming white in the centre.

It has a proportionately longer bill than most Synallaxis spinetails and a very pointed tail which you should be able to see in the third photo.

White-bellied Spinetail, Marchantaria Island, Amazonas, Brazil, July 2001 - click for a larger image

There are illustrations in Ridgely & Greenfield, Plate 56; and in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 4.

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