Dusky-tailed Antbird vs Scaled Antbird

Dusky-tailed Antbird

Drymophila malura

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The dusky-tailed antbird is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). Adult males' head and neck are streaked with black and whitish gray. Their upperparts are gray with a white patch between the scapulars; the white feathers have black tips. Their flight feathers are brownish and their wing coverts blackish with white tips. Their tail is brownish gray. Their throat and breast are streaked black and white and their flanks and crissum are olive-brown. Females' crown, nape, and sides of the neck have heavy dark brown and buff to olive-brown streaks. Voice: The dusky-tailed antbird's song is a "very high series starting with 'tsip tsip', then accelerating and slightly descending to a rattling trill." Its calls include "short...thin, buzzy (modulated), somewhat high-pitched notes, repeated after short intervals, and harsher note with clearer ending".

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Scaled Antbird

Drymophila squamata

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The scaled antbird is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 10.5 to 11 g (0.37 to 0.39 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black crown with white spots along its side, a wide white supercilium, and a black stripe through the eye on an otherwise black-spotted white face. Their upperparts are black with white spots. Their wings are black and their wing coverts black with wide white tips. Their tail is barred with black and white. Their throat and underparts are white with black spots. Females have the same pattern but different colors than males. Voice: The scaled antbird's song is an "xtr. high, calm series of 4-7 sharp, pushed-out, descending notes". Its calls include an "abrupt 'pip " that may be repeated two to four times and a high-pitched short rattle that decreases in pitch and volume.

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