Chestnut-winged Hookbill
Ancistrops strigilatus
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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Flammulated Treehunter
Thripadectes flammulatus
The flammulated treehunter is 24 to 25 cm (9.4 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 50 to 62 g (1.8 to 2.2 oz). It is the largest and most strikingly patterned member of its genus. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a blackish face and crown with sharp tawny-buff streaks that are rather golden on the crown. Their lores are speckled with blackish and golden buff. Their back is browner than the face and crown, with its blackish only along the feather shafts, and it blends to the rich medium brown rump. Their uppertail coverts are dark reddish brown. Voice: The flammulated treehunter's song is "a series of grating notes that start as a stutter, then accelerates and becomes louder". Its contact call is "an emphatic sharp 'check' ".
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