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The striated antbird is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black crown and back with thin white streaks and a large white patch between the scapulars. Their rump is orangish buff. Their flight feathers are slate gray with cinnamon edges and their wing coverts black with white tips. Their tail is black with wide white tips to the feathers and large white spots on the innermost pair. Their face, throat, and underparts are white with bold black streaks on the face, sides of the neck, and breast. Voice: The striated antbird's song is "2-parted, first several harsh, buzzing notes followed by an accelerating series of peeping whistles: chewDJZZ-DJAA-DJAA tew-tew-ti-ti-titutututututu". Its call is "a paired series of descending mewing whistles: pew-pew".
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When to see the Striated Antbird
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Striated Antbird
The map shades 4 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 Striated Antbird
The striated antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-tailed AntbirdDrymophila geneiThe rufous-tailed antbird is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long.
Santa Marta AntbirdDrymophila hellmayriThe Santa Marta antbird is 14.5 to 15.5 cm (5.7 to 6.1 in) long.
Klages's AntbirdDrymophila klagesiKlages's antbird is 14.5 to 15.5 cm (5.7 to 6.1 in) long and weighs about 12 g (0.42 oz).
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