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 sound, that you can hear also on a second recording, both by Ribot.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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