Listen to the White-bellied spinetail
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About the White-bellied spinetail
The White-bellied spinetail is a bird in the family Furnariidae (order Passeriformes). Adults weigh around 20 g.
What does the White-bellied spinetail sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song, calls, alarm and cascading call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The white-bellied spinetail (Mazaria propinqua) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru.
Related birds in the genus Synallaxis
More from the family Furnariidae
Rufous hornero
Furnarius rufus
Red-billed scythebill
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
Chestnut-winged hookbill
Ancistrops strigilatus
Pale-legged hornero
Furnarius leucopus
Brown-capped tit-spinetail
Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
Sharp-tailed streamcreeper
Lochmias nematura
Elegant woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus elegans
Slender-billed miner
Geositta tenuirostris
Ruddy foliage-gleaner
Clibanornis rubiginosus
Frequently asked questions
What does a White-bellied spinetail sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the White-bellied spinetail on this page, including its song, calls and alarm. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
What family does the White-bellied spinetail belong to?
The White-bellied spinetail (Synallaxis propinqua) belongs to the family Furnariidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Pastaza: Isla Sharamentsa, Río Pastaza, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Calls · Orellana: river island at Añangu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm · Pastaza: Isla Sharamentsa, Río Pastaza, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Cascading call · Orellana: river island at Añangu, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pastaza: Isla Sharamentsa, Río Pastaza, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1263871 – CC0
- Wikipedia: White-bellied spinetail – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0