Elusive Antpitta

Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails". The elusive antpitta is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long; three specimens weighed 111 to 115 g (3.9 to 4.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a warm brown crown, nape, and upperparts with black streaks on the lower back and rump. Their wings are warm brown with a rufescent cast. Their tail is dark gray with small white tips on the feathers. They have tawny rufous-brown lores and tawny-olive ear coverts. Voice: The elusive antpitta's song is "a pair of low whistled notes, the second sliding down in pitch hoo HEEeeoo". Its call is not well known but is described as "a slightly descending, quavering trill".