Streak-chested Antpitta

The streak-chested antpitta is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 40 to 54 g (1.4 to 1.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies H. p. perspicillatus have a yellow loral patch and a wide yellow ring around their eye. Their ear coverts are yellow with a black line below them. Their crown and nape are gray, Their upperparts are brown with gray bases to the feathers and some yellowish streaks on the upper back. Their tail is brown. Their flight feathers are brown to blackish with yellow bases and an orangish to yellow band on their underside. Voice: The streak-chested antpitta's song is " a series of 7–9 whistled notes, second loudest, first lowest...gradually falling slightly in pitch and volume". It has been written as "poh, po-po-po-po-po-po-peu-peu-peu". The species' alarm call is a "whistled keeuw, immediately followed by decelerating rattle". It typically sings from a low perch but also while on the ground.