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Parker's antbird is 13.5 to 15 cm (5.3 to 5.9 in) long. Males are almost entirely slate gray, with somewhat lighter underparts than upperparts. They have a hidden white patch between their scapulars and narrow white tips on their wing coverts and outer tail feathers. Their flanks have an olivaceous tinge. Females have an olive brown or olive brown tinged gray crown and ear coverts, a paler olive brown supercilium, and gray lores. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are olive brown. They have a very small or no interscapular patch. Their throat and underparts are tawny buff or cinnamon rufous. Voice: The song of the male Parker's antbird is "a muted note followed by higher-pitched, more intense series initially flat in pitch, then descending and accelerating as final notes shorten". Female song is shorter and has a higher pitch and downslurred notes. Its calls include "a rapid sputter of notes and a short, nasal, descending note".
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When to see the Parker's Antbird
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 Parker's Antbird
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About the Parker's Antbird
Parker's antbird is a species of passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Black AntbirdCercomacroides servaThe black antbird is 13.5 to 15 cm (5.3 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 15 to 17 g (0.53 to 0.60 oz).
Willis's AntbirdCercomacroides laetaWillis's antbird is 13.5 to 14.5 cm (5.3 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 15 to 17 g (0.53 to 0.60 oz).
Blackish AntbirdCercomacroides nigrescensThe blackish antbird is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 14 to 25 g (0.49 to 0.88 oz).
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