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Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens Temminck, CJ 1823

The pale-breasted spinetail, is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to Uruguay, and in Trinidad. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Furnariidae
Genus:
   Synallaxis
Scientific:
  Synallaxis albescens

Original description

Citation:
  Temminck, CJ 1823

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.38, vol.3 pl.227 fig.2

Protonym:
  Synallaxis albescens

Type locality:
  Brazil; Cimeterio do Lambari, near Sorocaba, São Paulo, designated as type locality by Hellmayr, 1925, p. 87.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112979#page/295/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  346286FC47EB3519

Avibase ID:
  avibase-346286FC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/346286FC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563218

Geographic range:

  • Synallaxis albescens: shrubland and savanna habitats from southwestern Costa Rica eastward to south-central Panama; in South America in northern Colombia southward along the Río Cauca and Río Magdalena valleys to the upper basins in the Cauca, including the upper Río Patia valley, and Huila; eastward across Venezuela including Isla Margarita, Trinidad, far northern Brazil in Roraima and the Guianas, and southward along the Atlantic coast of Brazil, interior Brazil and southern Amazonia to Rio Grande do Sul, western Uruguay, Paraguay, eastern and northern Bolivia, far southeastern Peru, and southward to central Argentina (southward to Rio Negro province); in Amazonian Brazil westward along the Amazon River to far southeastern Colombia and adjacent Peru
  • Synallaxis albescens albescens: central and eastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina
  • Synallaxis albescens latitabunda (latitabunda): southwestern Costa Rica
  • Synallaxis albescens latitabunda (hypoleuca): Pacific coast of southern Panama and northwestern Colombia
  • Synallaxis albescens insignis: Andes of Colombia
  • Synallaxis albescens occipitalis: eastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
  • Synallaxis albescens littoralis: Caribbean littoral of northern Colombia
  • Synallaxis albescens perpallida: northeastern Colombia (Guajira Peninsula) and northwestern Venezuela
  • Synallaxis albescens nesiotis: Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia) to northern Venezuela; Isla Margarita (off Venezuela)
  • Synallaxis albescens trinitatis: eastern Venezuela and Trinidad
  • Synallaxis albescens josephinae: southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and adjacent northern Brazil (Roraima)
  • Synallaxis albescens inaequalis: French Guiana
  • Synallaxis albescens griseonota: central Brazil (lower Rio Tapajós region)
  • Synallaxis albescens australis: eastern Bolivia to western Paraguay and northwestern Argentina
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Bulgarian:
Сивогърда тръноопашатка
Catalan:
cuaespinós pitblanc
Czech:
ostrochvostka bledoprsá
Danish:
Lysbrystet Trådhale
German:
Weißbauch-Dickichtschlüpfer
Esperanto:
palbrusta sinalakso
Spanish:
Pijuí pechiblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Pijuí Pechiblanco
Finnish:
savanniorneero
French:
Synallaxe albane
Croatian:
travnjačka trnorepa
Italian:
Codaspino pettochiaro
Japanese (romaji):
munajiroonagakamadodori
Japanese:
ムナジロオナガカマドドリ
Lithuanian:
blyškiakrūtis dygliauodegis krosnius
Dutch:
Temmincks Stekelstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Krattstifthale
Norwegian:
krattstifthale
Polish:
ogończyk blady
Portuguese:
uí-pi
Portuguese (Brazil):
uí-pi
Portuguese (Portugal):
rabo-espinhoso-de-peito-pálido
Russian:
Светлогрудая иглохвостка
Slovak:
košikárik savanový
Serbian:
Belogruda strunorepka
Swedish:
blekbröstad taggstjärt
Turkish:
Açık göğüslü dikenkuyruk
Ukrainian:
Пію блідий
Chinese:
淡胸针尾雀
Chinese (Traditional):
淡胸針尾雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pale-breasted Spinetail ( Synallaxis albescens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pale-breasted Spinetail ( Synallaxis albescens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements, version 2025:
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Clements 3rd edition:
Pale-breasted Spinetail ( Synallaxis albescens) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Pale-breasted Spinetail ( Synallaxis albescens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Pale-breasted Spinetail ( Synallaxis albescens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2024:
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eBird version 2025:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Pale-breasted Spinetail ( Synallaxis albescens) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Synallaxis albescens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Synallaxis albescens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Synallaxis albescens [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Synallaxis [albescens or albigularis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Сивогърда тръноопашатка
Catalan: cuaespinós pitblanc
Czech: ostrochvostka bledoprsá
Danish: Lysbrystet Trådhale
German: Weißbauch-Dickichtschlüpfer
English: Pale-breasted Spinetail
English (Avilist): Pale-breasted Spinetail
English, HBW: Pale-breasted Spinetail
English (IOC): Pale-breasted Spinetail
English (United States): Pale-breasted Spinetail
Esperanto: palbrusta sinalakso
Spanish: Pijuí Cola Parda, Pijuí pechiblanco
Spanish (Argentine): Pijuí cola parda
Spanish (Colombia): Rastrojero pálido
Spanish (Costa Rica): Arquitecto Güitío, Arquitecto gútío
Spanish (Spain): Pijuí Pechiblanco
Spanish (HBW): Pale-breasted Spinetail
Spanish (Panama): Colaespina Pechiblanca
Spanish (Peru): Cola-Espina de Pecho Blanco
Spanish (Paraguay): Pijuí cola parda
Spanish (Uruguay): Pijuí Blancuzco
Spanish (Venezuela): Güitío Gargantiblanco
Finnish: savanniorneero
French: Synallaxe albane
French (Guyane): Synallaxe albane
Guarani: Chikli
Croatian: travnjačka trnorepa
Italian: Codaspino pettochiaro
Japanese (romaji): munajiroonagakamadodori
Japanese: ムナジロオナガカマドドリ
Scientific: Synallaxis albescens, Synallaxis albescens albescens
Lithuanian: blyškiakrūtis dygliauodegis krosnius
Dutch: Temmincks Stekelstaart
Norwegian Nynorsk: Krattstifthale
Norwegian: krattstifthale
Polish: ogończyk blady
Portuguese: uí-pi
Portuguese (Brazil): uí-pi
Portuguese (Portugal): rabo-espinhoso-de-peito-pálido, Uí-pi
Russian: Бледногрудый иглохвостый печник, Светлогрудая иглохвостка
Slovak: košikárik savanový
Serbian: Belogruda strunorepka
Swedish: blekbröstad taggstjärt
Turkish: Açık göğüslü dikenkuyruk
Ukrainian: Пію блідий
Chinese: 淡胸针尾雀
Chinese (Traditional): 淡胸針尾雀

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