Spot-backed Antbird
Hylophylax naevius
The spot-backed antbird is 10.5 to 11.5 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 11 to 14 g (0.39 to 0.49 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies H. n. naevius have a dark yellowish brown crown and nape. Their upperparts are mostly dark yellowish brown; the center of their back is black with pale buff spots and they have a white patch between their scapulars. Their flight feathers are dark brown with black bases and their wing coverts black with wide white to pale buff tips. Their tail is dark reddish yellow-brown with white to pale buff tips and a black band above the tips. Voice: The spot-backed antbird's song varies among the subspecies; it is generally "a long series of doublets". In Ecuador it is described as "a fast, high-pitched, and somewhat wheezy 'wur, weépur-weépur-weépur-weépur-weépur-weépur-weépur-weépur'...loudest in the middle and fading at end". In Brazil, where several subspecies are found, it is "ery/extr.
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Spotted Antbird
Hylophylax naevioides
The spotted antbird is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 19.5 g (0.53 to 0.69 oz). The two subspecies have essentially the same plumage. Adult males have a gray forehead and a grayish brown to olive-brown crown and nape. Their back is chestnut with a white and chestnut patch between their scapulars; the white is usually not visible. Their uppertail coverts are dull cinnamon. Their wings are black with cinnamon-rufous tips on the coverts. Their tail is grayish brown with cinnamon tips on most of the feathers (pale brown to white on the outermost) and a black band above the tips. Voice: The spotted antbird's most common song is a variable number of repeated syllables each composed of a peeee whistle followed by a short ti note, giving a full sequence peeeeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti-peeeti of variable length. Both sexes sing, with the male's song longer than female's.
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