Barred Antthrush

The rufous-tailed antthrush is 19 to 20.5 cm (7.5 to 8.1 in) long and weighs about 69 to 80 g (2.4 to 2.8 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a chestnut to dark brown crown. They have whitish lores, a white streak with black bars behind their eye, a chestnut streak below the eye, and black and white barred ear coverts. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are mostly chestnut to dark brown with a slightly more rufescent rump and uppertail coverts. Their throat has narrow black and white bars. Their underparts are mostly dark brown to black with narrow white or buff bars and brown lower flanks. Voice: The barred antthrush's song is "a series of similar notes at even pace of 6–7 per second, increasing steadily in volume and in pitch...increasing variably throughout song or through first half and then levelling, sometimes pace slowing and pitch slightly lowering over final few seconds" and can last up to 30 seconds. It has been written as "pupupupupupupupupupupupupupuPUPUPUPUPU'PU'PU'PU' PU".