Thicket Antpitta vs Thrush-like Antpitta

Thicket Antpitta

Myrmothera dives

44 gShrubland

The thicket antpitta is 13 to 16.5 cm (5.1 to 6.5 in) long; four individuals weighed between 38 and 44 g (1.3 and 1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a buff loral patch and buff around their eye. Their crown, nape, and ear coverts are dull slate gray. Their upperparts are dull slate gray that becomes olive by the rump; their back has faint pale buffy streaks. Their uppertail coverts and tail are russet brown. Their wings are mostly dark olive-brown with paler rufescent brown outer webs on the primaries. Their throat is white or buffy white. Voice: The thicket antpitta's song "lasts around 1.6–2 seconds, and consists of a rapid ascending series of 10–13 clear whistles increasing in volume, accelerating slightly towards the end, and ending abruptly". Its alarm call is "an accelerating roll".

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Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0

Thrush-like Antpitta

Myrmothera campanisona

Small47 gForest

The thrush-like antpitta is about 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs between 39.5 and 64 g (1.4 and 2.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage and the subspecies differ little from each other. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. c. campanisona have a small white spot behind their eye. Most of the rest of their face is rufous-brown with slightly paler and grayer lores. Their crown, nape, upperparts, and tail are rufous-brown. Their wings are mostly rufous-brown with dark brown inner webs and paler edges on the flight feathers. Their throat and underparts are white. Voice: The thrush-like antpitta typically sings from the ground or a low perch within dense vegetation. One description of its song, from Ecuador, is "a series of 4-6 hollow whistled notes, delivered quite quickly, 'whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh' " and may be repeated for long stretches.

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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