Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Syndactyla subalaris
The lineated foliage-gleaner is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 26 to 40 g (0.92 to 1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. s. subalaris have a discontinuous light buff supercilium that extends to the nape; the rest of their face is blackish brown with small buff markings. Their crown is dark brown with thin buff streaks. They have a narrow ill-defined darker brown collar with wide buff streaks. Voice: The lineated foliage-gleaner's song is "a fast, accelerating series of 6–10 dry, harsh, scratchy, nasal notes...sometimes ascending and then descending, sometimes accelerating and then decelerating, ending abruptly". It has been put into words as "bzert, bzert, jzut, jzut-jj-jj-jj" and "anh, anh, anh-anh-anh-anhanhanhanh".
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Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper
Drymornis bridgesii
The scimitar-billed woodcreeper is 26 to 35 cm (10 to 14 in) long and weighs 76 to 110 g (2.7 to 3.9 oz). It is a large woodcreeper with a relatively short tail and a long decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have dark rufous ear coverts and a white supercilium and moustachial stripe. Their forehead, crown, and nape are rufous to dark brown, with the nape being slightly lighter with white flecks. Their back, scapulars, and most wing coverts are cinnamon-brown to reddish brown. Their rump, uppertail coverts, and tail are rufous. Voice: The scimitar-billed woodcreeper's song is a "downslurred, decelerating series of upslurred whistled notes...tweedle tweedle tweed twee twee". It also sings "an almost level series of overslurred whistled notes...jli jli jli jli jli". Its calls include "sik, tsis-sik, or tsis-sik-sik" and a thrice-repeated "cheedle". Pairs sometimes sing in duet.
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