Lunulated Antbird

Oneillornis lunulatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 24 g

What the Lunulated Antbird sounds like

Sonogram of the Lunulated Antbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The lunulated antbird is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 26 g (0.78 to 0.92 oz). Adult males are mostly gray. They have a white supercilium, ear coverts, chin, and throat. Their tail is blackish gray. Adult females have a white supercilium, dark olive-brown lores, and a white chin and throat. Their crown and nape are yellowish olive-brown; their back and rump are yellowish olive-brown with blackish edges and light buff tips on the feathers. Their tail is dark grayish brown with some white barring. Voice: The lunulated antbird's song is "a distinct introductory note followed by a fairly rapid, decelerating, rising-falling series of popping notes becoming rising mellow whistles" PEW pipi'pi'pwee-pwee-pwee-peeerr." Its calls include a "long and usually interrupted 'chirr' and abrupt 'chup' ".

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When to see the Lunulated Antbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Lunulated Antbird

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Lunulated Antbird

The lunulated antbird is a species of insectivorous bird in the subfamily Thamnophilinae of the family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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