Rufous-faced Antbird

The rufous-faced antbird is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 21 to 26 g (0.74 to 0.92 oz). Males have medium gray upperparts with an olive-brown tinge. Their wings and tail are blackish gray with wide white tips on the wing coverts. Their throat and underparts are medium gray with an olive-brown tinge to their sides, flanks, and crissum. Females have a gray-brown crown and upperparts. Their wings and tail are blackish brown with pale cinnamon-rufous tips on the wing coverts. Their face is rufous. Voice: The rufous-faced antbird's song is described as most similar to that of the Roraiman antbird (M. saturatus), a "series of slowly starting, accelerating notes, sharply lowered in pitch at end".