Common Scale-backed Antbird

The common scale-backed antbird is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 15 to 22 g (0.53 to 0.78 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies W. p. poecilinotus are mostly gray; their upperparts are darker than their underparts. They have a white patch between the scapulars. Their lower back has white-edged black patches that give it its English name. Their wings and tail are black with white edges and tips on many feathers. Adult females have a reddish yellow-brown crown and face. Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown with buff-edged brownish black patches on the lower back. Voice: The common scale-backed antbird's songs are generally " a series...of long upslurred notes...with little space between them, each note rising in pitch and gaining in intensity, except final note or notes that decrease in intensity". The number of notes and some other features differ among individuals and also among the subspecies. In Venezuela it has been written as "pureeeee, pureeeee, pureeeee..