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Ochre-cheeked Spinetail
Synallaxis scutata Sclater, PL, 1859
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Synallaxis scutata, is a passerine in the ovenbird family Furnariidae and breeds in central and south-central South America, including eastern Brazil. It was described by Sclater in 1859. It is a resident bird of the undergrowth and forest edges in semi-deciduous and deciduous woodland, with Brazilian records from caatinga and cerrado. The species is recognised in two subspecies, with one form confined to eastern and central Brazil and the other extending into Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and south-eastern Peru. Its nest is a ground-level structure of twigs, roots and dead leaves with a side tunnel to the chamber.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: c, sc SA, e Brazil
