Red-and-white 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 red-and-white antpitta is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 73 to 80 g (2.6 to 2.8 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a bright rich rufous crown and nape. Many have a ring of bare grayish or bluish gray skin around their eye. Their back, rump, wings, and tail are a slightly duller and browner rufous than their crown and nape. Voice: The red-and-white antpitta typically sings from a low perch. In most of its range its song is "a 3-note hollow whistle with the first note highest, the second 2 monotone: HEE hew-hew". In the Cordillera Vilcabamba it sings four notes: "heep hew-hew-hew". Its calls "include a series of plaintive, descending clew notes".