Bird Guide

Spot-crowned Antvireo vs Streak-crowned Antvireo

Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps)

Spot-crowned Antvireo

Dysithamnus puncticeps

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The spot-crowned antvireo is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 17 g (0.53 to 0.60 oz). Adult males have a dark gray forehead, crown, and nape heavily marked with white spots. Their ear coverts are grayish. Their upperparts are grayish olive with a hidden white patch between the scapulars. Their flight feathers are dark grayish olive with wide buffy grayish edges; their wing coverts are blackish with white tips. Their tail is dark grayish olive with white tips on the feathers. Voice: The spot-crowned antvireo's song is "a rapid...trill, notes not countable, pitch first rising slightly, falling slightly terminally, pace constant initially, then accelerating slightly towards end". Its calls include a "short descending 'chirr' ".

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Sonogram of the Spot-crowned Antvireo
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Duet · Esmeraldas: El Placer, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0
Streak-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps)

Streak-crowned Antvireo

Dysithamnus striaticeps

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The streak-crowned antvireo is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 15 to 17 g (0.53 to 0.60 oz). Adult males have a dark gray forehead, crown, and nape with heavy grayish white streaking. Their ear coverts are blackish. Their upperparts are grayish olive with a hidden white patch between the scapulars. Their flight feathers are dark grayish olive with wide buffy grayish edges; their wing coverts are blackish with white tips. Their tail is dark grayish olive with narrow white tips on the feathers. Voice: The streak-crowned antvireo's song is "a long...series in which notes initially rise in pitch and intensity, remain constant, then gradually shorten, weaken and descend in pitch". It has been written as "kepkepkepkepkepkrrrrrrr" and "peu-peu-peu-Peu-Peu-Peu-Pip-Pip-Pip-Pip'Pip'Pip'Pip'Pip'peu". Its calls include "soft single or double whistles" and a "short 'chirr' ".

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Photo: Rachel Lee Harper · CC BY 4.0

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