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Pectoral Antwren

Herpsilochmus pectoralis

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestTiny · 11 g
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 1
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 2
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 3
Photo: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 4
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 6
Photo: Audrey Whitlock · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 8
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

What the Pectoral Antwren sounds like

Sonogram of the Pectoral Antwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Kurazo Okada · Song · Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The pectoral antwren is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long. Adult males have a black crown and nape with white spots around the former, a long whitish supercilium, a narrow black streak through the eye, and grayish ear coverts. Their back and rump are gray with a black and white patch between the scapulars and white-tipped uppertail coverts. Their wings are black with white-tipped coverts and flight feathers with white edges towards the end. Their innermost tail feathers are black with white edges, the outermost entirely white, and those in between black with white tips. Voice: The pectoral antwren's song is a "high, very fast chattering series of 'tututjdrrrrrr' notes, which rise rather sharply at the start and may finish slightly falling-off to an abrupt ending". Its call is "a flat 'caa' ".

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When to see the Pectoral Antwren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pectoral Antwren

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Pectoral Antwren

The pectoral antwren is a Vulnerable species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Brazil.

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Easily confused with

Roraiman Antwren (Herpsilochmus roraimae) Roraiman AntwrenHerpsilochmus roraimaeThe Roraiman antwren is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and has the longest tail within genus Herpsilochmus. Ancient AntwrenHerpsilochmus gentryiThe ancient antwren is small passerine, with a total length of 10-11 centimeters (4 in) and weight of 10.2-11 grams. Predicted AntwrenHerpsilochmus praedictusThe predicted antwren is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz).

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