Streak-breasted Treehunter
Thripadectes rufobrunneus
The streak-breasted treehunter is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 48 to 54 g (1.7 to 1.9 oz). It is a large, dark furnariid with a thrush-like shape. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dark brown face with dull rufescence on their ear coverts and a dark ochraceous malar area with dark flecks. Their crown is blackish with long olive streaks. They have an indistinct olive collar that becomes rufous on the sides of their neck. Their back and rump are rich dark brown that becomes dark reddish brown on their uppertail coverts. Voice: One version of the streak-breasted treehunter's song is "a scratchy che-brah, che-brah, che-brah... with a scolding quality". Another is "a series of rolling, burry 'chi-wówr' notes". Its calls include "a harsh, grating 'zeck' or 'tseck' or 'cheyt, cheyt' doubled 'rek-rek' ".
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Streak-capped Treehunter
Thripadectes virgaticeps
The streak-capped treehunter is 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 61 to 65 g (2.2 to 2.3 oz). It is one of the larger members of its genus and has the least amount of streaking. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. v. virgaticeps have a mostly blackish-brown face with buff streaks and a tawny-buff malar area. Their lores are grizzled blackish brown and grayish buff. Their crown is blackish brown with dull buff spots on the forehead that become streaks on the crown itself. They have an indistinct dark brown collar with faint buff streaks. Voice: The streak-capped treehunter's song is "a short and evenly pitched series of emphatic and well-enunciated notes, 'chup, cheyp-cheyp-cheyp-cheyp-cheyp' ". Its call is "a fast, sharp 'ch-di-dit', 'chi-dik' or 'ju-dut', repeated at intervals of several seconds". It also makes "a nasal 'jwick' " alarm call.
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