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The rufous-tailed antthrush is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 63 to 125 g (2.2 to 4.4 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a rufescent brown crown. They have white lores, a white streak behind their eye, and a whitish streak on the side of their neck. Their upperparts and wings are mostly rufescent brown with a less rufescent rump and uppertail coverts. Their tail is entirely rufescent brown. Their throat is white with small blackish spots that may look like a stripe. Their lower belly is white. The rest of their underparts are mostly buff that is darkest on the breast. Voice: The rufous-tailed antthrush's song is short, "a rapid series of hollow notes at even pace (12–15 per second), increasing in volume and pitch (0·8–1·4 kHz), levelling at end". Its call is a short trill written as "wh'h'h'ert". The species sings from a low perch.
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When to see the Rufous-tailed Antthrush
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-tailed Antthrush
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
About the Rufous-tailed Antthrush
The rufous-tailed antthrush or Brazilian antthrush is a species of bird in the family Formicariidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.
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