Buff-breasted Earthcreeper

The buff-breasted earthcreeper is 17 to 21 cm (6.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz). It is a medium-sized earthcreeper with a long and strongly decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a pale buffish white supercilium. Their crown, nape, back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dull brownish gray. Their tail is dark brown with increasing amounts of rufous from the central to the outer feathers. Their wings are mostly the same brownish gray as the back but with much rufous at the base of the primaries. Voice: The buff-breasted earthcreeper is not highly vocal. The nominate subspecies' song is "a long dry trill of c. 10 or more 'tyik' notes" and its call "a low 'chwit' ". The song of the other two subspecies is "a rich irregular trill 'drrrrrr…' lasting one to > 10 seconds, rising and then falling in pitch, accelerating and then decelerating". Their call is "a metallic 'click' or 'tyi-ík' ".