Chestnut-crested Antbird

Rhegmatorhina cristata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 35 g

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The chestnut-crested antbird is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long. Both sexes have a pale bluish white ring of bare skin around the eye. Adult males have a rufous-chestnut crown, crest, and nape. Their forehead, lores, face, and throat are black. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dark olive-brown with rufous edges on the wing feathers. Their breast is rufous-chestnut that becomes dark olive-brown on their belly. Adult females are like males with the addition of short black bars on their back feathers and lesser coverts. Voice: The chestnut-crested antbird's song is a "slow, slightly accelerating series of 8-10 fluted notes, the 1st slightly lower, the following higher and drawn out, then calmly descending". Its calls include a "harsh, vibrant 'chirr' abrupt 'chip' ".

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When to see the Chestnut-crested Antbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-crested Antbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-crested Antbird

The chestnut-crested antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil and Colombia.

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