Dot-backed Antbird
Hylophylax punctulatus
The Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) is a rare antbirds, antshrikes, antwrens, and antvireo found in 7 countries, weighing about 12 g. The dot-backed antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds".
About the Dot-backed Antbird
The dot-backed antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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How to identify it
The dot-backed antbird is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). Adult males have a dark rufous-brown crown, nape, and mantle with a white patch between their scapulars. Their back and rump are black with large white feather tips. Their flight feathers are dark brown with wide rufous-brown edges and their wing coverts black with wide white to pale buff tips. Their tail is black with white feather tips. Their face is mostly white; their throat and the lower sides of their neck are black. Voice: The male dot-backed antbird's song is "a series of doublets each about 0·5 seconds long of 2 somewhat similar sharp whistles, the first emphasizing an upslur and the second a downslur, sounding like "free beer", delivered at rate of c. 1 every 2 seconds, sometimes for minutes at a time, doublet often given singly". Its note has also been written as "whee-beéyur" and "wee-HEEew".
What the Dot-backed Antbird sounds like
Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana.
When to see it
The Dot-backed Antbird can be seen all year round, with peak activity in August. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Dot-backed Antbird?
- The dot-backed antbird is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 11 to 13 g (0.39 to 0.46 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Dot-backed Antbird?
- The Dot-backed Antbird is a tiny sized bird weighing about 12 g.
- Where can you see a Dot-backed Antbird?
- The Dot-backed Antbird occurs in 7 countries, including Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.
- What does a Dot-backed Antbird sound like?
- You can listen to 2 field recordings of the Dot-backed Antbird on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
- What birds look similar to a Dot-backed Antbird?
- The Dot-backed Antbird is most easily confused with the Spot-backed Antbird and the Spotted Antbird.
- Is the Dot-backed Antbird endangered?
- The Dot-backed Antbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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