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plain-crowned spinetail, synallaxis gujanensis, in suriname, by N.Takano
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Plain-crowned spinetail, synallaxis gujanensis, in Suriname
Plain-crowned spinetail
Photo of a plain-crowned spinetail made by N. Takano (
personal
museum of natural history
, his copyright as with all the
other photographers) on Fungu island in the Ralleigh Falls nature
reserve, a part of the extended CSNR reserve in Suriname, August
2004. The bird is common in the undergrowth of wet places, often
in wasteland. The nest is a big ball of fine sticks with a narrow
entrance. But not narrow enough to prevent a brood parasite as
big as the
striped cuckoo
to lay her
egg in the nest. The young of the spinetail then has no chance.
This spinetail has an easily recognised
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