Plain-throated Antwren (Isleria hauxwelli) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Plain-throated Antwren (Isleria hauxwelli), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Plain-throated Antwren (Isleria hauxwelli), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Plain-throated Antwren sounds like

Sonogram of the Plain-throated Antwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song, song-like calls · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Sucumbíos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The plain-throated antwren is 8.5 to 10 cm (3.3 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 9 to 12 g (0.32 to 0.42 oz). It has a very short tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies are mostly gray that is paler on their underside. They have a whitish throat, a white patch between their scapulars, and white spots on their uppertail coverts. Their wings and tail are blackish brown with white edges on the flight feathers and white tips on the wing coverts and tail feathers. Voice: The plain-throated antwren's song is a "series of very high, crescendoing, slightly accelerating 'weec' notes". Its call is a "very high, strident 'wic' ".

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When to see the Plain-throated Antwren

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

Where to see the Plain-throated Antwren

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Brazil Ecuador Colombia Bolivia

About the Plain-throated Antwren

The plain-throated antwren is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Rufous-bellied AntwrenIsleria guttataThe rufous-bellied antwren is 8.5 to 9.5 cm (3.3 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 8.5 to 11 g (0.30 to 0.39 oz).

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