Ochre-striped Antpitta

Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails". The ochre-striped antpitta is 15 to 19 cm (5.9 to 7.5 in) long; one male weighed 110 g (3.9 oz). The sexes have almost the same plumage. Adult males have a gray-brown crown and nape. Their back, rump, and tail are olive-brown with black and white streaks on the lower back and rump. They have buff lores and buffy brown ear coverts. Their throat and breast are ochraceous brown that becomes black and white streaks on the lower breast and belly. Voice: The ochre-striped antpitta's song is a "low, mournful, two-note whü, whaöw or whü, whüüw that lasts a little more than a second. The song has also been written as "hoo HEEeeoo". The species' call is "a descending, rolling, musical trill".