Brown-bellied Stipplethroat

The brown-bellied stipplethroat is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long and weighs 7.5 to 9.5 g (0.26 to 0.34 oz). Adult males have a mostly gray face and a black throat with white spots. They have an olive-brown crown, upperparts, tail, and flight feathers. Their wing coverts are a darker olive-brown with small white tips. Their breast and upper belly are gray that becomes gray with a clay-colored tinge towards the vent area. Adult females have a mostly pale brownish buff face and throat. Their crown and upperparts are yellowish olive-brown and their tail reddish. Voice: The brown-bellied stipplethroat's song is an "extr. high, thin, shivering, descending 't-srrrrrruw' ". Its calls include a "distinctive 'chip' followed by a series of c. 5 notes that rise and fall in pitch and intensity", a "single downslurred note", and a "rubbery rattle rising and falling in pitch and intensity".