Dull-mantled Antbird
Sipia laemosticta
The dull-mantled antbird is 12.5 to 15.0 cm (4.9 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 25 g (0.88 oz). Adult males have a blackish gray to slate-black head, neck, and upper mantle. The rest of their upperparts are dark reddish brown, chestnut, or olive with a usually hidden white patch between their scapulars. Their flight feathers and tail are blackish brown with dark reddish brown edges. Their greater wing coverts are dark reddish brown with cinnamon or rufous tips; their median and lesser coverts are black with white tips. Voice: The male dull-mantled antbird's loudsong is "a countable series (e.g., eight notes, over 1.8 seconds) of short notes that begins with three upslurred to flat notes and abruptly switches to five evenly paced downslurred notes, e.g., tsee tsee tsee, tyew-tyew-tyew-tyew".
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Esmeraldas Antbird
Sipia nigricauda
The Esmeraldas antbird is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 22 to 23 g (0.78 to 0.81 oz). Adult males are mostly dark gray, with a white patch between their scapulars, darker wings and tail, and black wing coverts with white tips. Adult females have a dark gray head and neck. They have dark reddish brown upperparts, dark brown flight feathers with wide dark rufous-brown edges, and a rufous wash on their tail. Their throat is barred with black and white, their breast is dark gray, and their belly to their undertail coverts is ochre-brown. Both sexes have a red iris. Voice: The Esmeraldas antbird's song is "a short series of very high-pitched, thin, and sharp notes, well enunciated but not very farcarrying, 'psee-pseé-psi-psi-psi-pseé' ". Usually the second note, and always the last note, are higher pitched and emphasized. The species' call is "a sharp but nasal and falling 'skweeyr' or 'sk-kweeyr' ".
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