Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Cinereous-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis hypospodia) - HBW 8, p. 279

French: Synallaxe cendré German: Graubrust-Dickichtschlüpfer Spanish: Pijuí Cenizo
Other common names: Jaragua Spinetail (“jaraguana”)

Taxonomy: Synallaxis hypospodia P. L. Sclater, 1874, near Bahia, Brazil.
Was in the past considered a subspecies of S. spixi; the two are thought to be possibly sister-species by some authors, but others consider them not closely related because of differences in tail morphology, throat pattern and voice. Named taxon jaraguana from E Brazil (Goiás), described as a race of S. brachyura, was based on misidentified specimens of present species. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Peru (Cuzco, Madre de Dios), N & E Bolivia (NW La Paz, Beni, N Santa Cruz) and SC & E Brazil (locally in S Amazonia from Amazonas E to R Tapajós, and Mato Grosso E to Ceará, Alagoas, N Bahia and W Minas Gerais).