Bamboo Foliage-gleaner

The bamboo foliage-gleaner is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long. It has a thick medium-length bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a narrow grayish buff supercilium, grayish lores, and a creamy white malar area on an otherwise grayish brown face. Their crown, nape, back, and rump are dull reddish brown, with no markings except faint scalloping on the crown. Their uppertail coverts are dull chestnut and their tail dark chestnut. Their wings are dull brown with some dull tawny at the bend. Voice: The bamboo foliage-gleaner's song is "a measured 'tcho-tcho-tcho-tcho-tcho...' " with a variable number of notes. Pairs sometimes sing an antiphonal duet. The species' contact call is "a harsh 'klek' or 'cheff' ".