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The hooded gnateater is 11 to 14 cm (4.3 to 5.5 in) long. Seven specimens that included both sexes weighed between 20.8 and 25.0 g (0.73 and 0.88 oz). The male's head, neck, and lower breast are black except for a small white tuft behind the eye. Its upper parts are brown, the flanks are gray, and the belly is white. The female has an extensive rufous crown, brown back, and pale gray face, throat, and underside. Voice: The hooded gnateater's song is "a rapid, slightly musical ascending series of notes" . Its call is "a piercing tchief! or a hard tcheek! .
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When to see the Hooded Gnateater
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Hooded Gnateater
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About the Hooded Gnateater
The hooded gnateater is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is endemic to northern Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Black-breasted GnateaterConopophaga snethlageaeThe black-breasted gnateater is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae.
Ash-throated GnateaterConopophaga peruvianaThe ash-throated gnateater is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 26 g (0.78 to 0.92 oz).
Black-bellied GnateaterConopophaga melanogasterThe black-bellied gnateater is 13 to 15.8 cm (5.1 to 6.2 in) long and weighs 37 to 43.5 g (1.31 to 1.53 oz).
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