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ForestSmall · 15 gWhat the Grey-headed Antbird sounds like
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The grey-headed antbird is 12.5 to 13.5 cm (4.9 to 5.3 in) long and weighs about 15 g (0.53 oz). Adult males have a gray head, neck, and mantle. The rest of their upperparts are olive-brown with a white patch between their scapulars. Their flight feathers are dark brownish gray with pale brown edges; their wing coverts are black with wide white tips. Their tail is dark brownish gray with white tips on the feathers. The center of their lower throat and breast is black, the rest of their breast and belly are gray, and their flanks, vent area, and undertail coverts are olive-brown. Voice: The grey-headed antbird's song is "a short, rapid, descending series of churred notes: CHEER'R'r'r'r'r'ew" and its call "a harsh, whining rheer-rhurr".
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When to see the Grey-headed Antbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-headed Antbird
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-headed Antbird
The grey-headed antbird is a near threatened species of bird in the subfamily Thamnophilinae of the family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis sharpeiThe yellow-rumped antwren is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long and weighs about 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz).
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