Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

The southern chestnut-tailed antbird is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 14.5 to 16.5 g (0.51 to 0.58 oz). Males of the nominate subspecies have a mostly gray head and upper mantle with black centers to the feathers. The rest of their upperparts, their tail, and their flight feathers are dark yellowish red-brown. They have a white patch between the scapulars with black spots near the tips of the feathers. Their wing coverts are black with large white to buff-white tips. Voice: The male southern chestnut-tailed antbird sings "a slow but accelerating, descending series of loud, chiming notes, usually ending with a quiet churred phrase: TEE TEE-tee-ti-tidjrdjr. Females sometimes answer with a "fairly even-paced, descending series of rising whistles" WEE-wee-wee-wee-wee-djr-djr.