Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Furnariidae
Genus
Synallaxis
eBird Code
pabspi1

Vocalizations

María Zeta · CC_BY_4_0
Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC_BY_4_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC_BY_4_0
Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (11)

  • Synallaxis albescens albescens

    central and eastern Brazil to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

  • Synallaxis albescens australis

    eastern Bolivia to western Paraguay and northwestern Argentina

  • Synallaxis albescens inaequalis

    French Guiana and northeastern and north-central Brazil

  • Synallaxis albescens insignis

    Andes of Colombia

  • Synallaxis albescens josephinae

    southern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and adjacent northern Brazil (Roraima)

  • Synallaxis albescens latitabunda

    southwestern Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia

  • Synallaxis albescens littoralis

    Caribbean littoral of northern Colombia

  • Synallaxis albescens nesiotis

    Santa Marta Mountains (northeastern Colombia) to northern Venezuela; Isla Margarita (off Venezuela)

  • Synallaxis albescens occipitalis

    eastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela

  • Synallaxis albescens perpallida

    northeastern Colombia (Guajira Peninsula) and northwestern Venezuela

  • Synallaxis albescens trinitatis

    eastern Venezuela and Trinidad

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.