Rufous-breasted Antthrush

Formicarius rufipectus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestMedium · 74 g

What the Rufous-breasted Antthrush sounds like

Sonogram of the Rufous-breasted Antthrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rufous-breasted Antthrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rufous-breasted Antthrush: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Imbabura: near Barcelona, Cord. de Toisán, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The rufous-breasted antthrush is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long. Males weigh 70 to 78 g (2.5 to 2.8 oz) and females 65 to 82 g (2.3 to 2.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies F. r. rufipectus have a dark chestnut crown, nape, and sides of their neck. Their face and throat are blackish with a bluish white ring of bare skin around their eye. Their back and wings are dark brown, their rump and uppertail coverts dark rufescent brown, and their tail blackish. Their flight feathers have dusky inner edges and a wide cinnamon band at the base. Voice: The rufous-breasted antthrush's song varies somewhat among the subspecies. It is "two clear whistles at 1·8–2 kHz, 'toot-toot', second note sometimes slightly higher-pitched in rufipectus, usually so in carrikeri. The species' call is "a double-noted chirp" written by one author as "TU'TCHOOP".

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When to see the Rufous-breasted Antthrush

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

Where to see the Rufous-breasted Antthrush

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Rufous-breasted Antthrush

The rufous-breasted antthrush is a species of bird in the family Formicariidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

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