Chestnut-winged Hookbill

Ancistrops strigilatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 36 g

What the Chestnut-winged Hookbill sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut-winged Hookbill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-winged Hookbill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, end of song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-winged Hookbill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The chestnut-winged hookbill is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 30 to 39 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). It is a largish furnariid with distinctive plumage, and a moderately hooked bill resembling those of Thamnophilus antshrikes. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a wide whitish to buff supercilium, grizzled brownish and buff lores, brown ear coverts with pale streaks, and yellowish buff malars. Their crown is very dark brown with obvious narrow gold-buff streaks. Their back is a paler, somewhat grayish olive, brown, with paler and less well defined streaks. Voice: The chestnut-winged hookbill's song is "a fast, ascending trill that increases in loudness as it levels off in pitch, then ends abruptly" and can last for 30 seconds or more. It has also been described as a "sustained gently undulating, slightly angry-sounding rattle". Its calls include "a harsh, buzzing 'bzzt' " and "teejuw". It also makes a short ascending trill.

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When to see the Chestnut-winged Hookbill

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-winged Hookbill

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-winged Hookbill

The chestnut-winged hookbill is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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