Ochre-rumped Antbird

Drymophila ochropyga

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestTiny · 11 g

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The ochre-rumped antbird is 12.5 to 13.5 cm (4.9 to 5.3 in) long. Adult males have a black crown, a long white supercilium, a black band through the eye, and white cheeks with black speckles. Their back is gray with a few black and white feathers and a white patch between the scapulars. Their rump is light rufous. Their wings are blackish with narrow buff edges on the flight feathers and wide white tips on the coverts. Their throat and breast are white with black streaks that are heavier on the latter. Their flanks and crissum are plain rufous. Voice: The ochre-rumped antbird's song is a "2-note 'tí-zzzzèh', 1st note very high and sharp, 2nd drawn-out and hoarse". Its most common call is "a series of 3–5 evenly paced, piercing, sharp notes".

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When to see the Ochre-rumped Antbird

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ochre-rumped Antbird

Regular range

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About the Ochre-rumped Antbird

The ochre-rumped antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil.

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