Manicore Warbling Antbird

The Manicore warbling antbird is about 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs about 12.5 g (0.44 oz). Adult males have a black crown with a white central streak and a white supercilium on an otherwise black and white speckled face. Their mantle and back are blackish with whitish and olive-brown edges to the feathers. They have a white patch between their olive-brown scapulars. Their lower back is dark yellowish brown that becomes rustier towards the rump. Their flight feathers are brown with rufous edges and their wing coverts olive-brown to black with white tips. Voice: The Manicore warbling antbird's song "commence with a long downslurred note followed by an accelerating series of abrupt notes (typically at least seven, and usually 9–10)." Its common call is unique among the H. cantator complex; this call is what initially marked the bird as a new taxon. The call "typically consists of four, less often three or five, notes.