From Costa Rica to central
Argentina, and in Trinidad
...in the Furnariidae family.
Synallaxis albescens
(L 6.5" Wt 0.53 oz)
Near Juan Hombron
13Oct2016
Synallaxis is French for
spinetails; albescens is
Latin for whitish.
In Central and South America, millions
of migratory birds depend on shade-
grown coffee plantations for their
wintering habitat.
(Jared Diamond)
© Paul A.
Schwartz
Macaulay
Library