Allpahuayo Antbird

Percnostola arenarum

VulnerableLegendaryEndemicInvertebratesForestSmall · 23 g

About the Allpahuayo Antbird

The Allpahuayo antbird is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to northeastern Peru.

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The Allpahuayo antbird is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long. One male weighed 22.9 g (0.81 oz) and one female 24.2 g (0.85 oz). Adult males have mostly dark gray upperparts that are darkest on their forecrown and lightest in the center of their back. Their wings are dark gray and their wing coverts black with white edges and tips. Their tail is dark gray with paler gray outer edges. Their lores and ear coverts are dark gray, their chin and throat blackish, and the rest of their underparts dark gray. Adult females have dark gray crown, nape, and upperparts. Voice: The Allpahuayo antbird's song is "a moderately paced, slightly decelerating series of monotone whistles usually with a stuttered, higher-pitched introductory note: hi'hi hew-hew-hew-hew-hew-hew-hew". Its calls include "a descending whine or whistle, a harsher tchah, a rising, melodic k'lee? and a musical, rising-falling sputtering rattle: pur'E'E'E'e'e'rr".

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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