Very basic natural history information for the Hoary-throated Spinetail, such as reproductive, social and feeding behavior, still is lacking. Given that the Hoary-throated Spinetail is locally common and its distribution well-known (Vale et al. 2007), only a few months of study in the field during the reproductive period likely would generate valuable and currently unavailable information about the species. A follow-up study on how much gallery forest habitat continues to be converted into rice plantations is also a priority.

Recommended Citation

Vale, Mariana M.. 2009. Hoary-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis kollari), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=27878