Striated Earthcreeper

The striated earchcreeper is 18 to 20.5 cm (7.1 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 41 to 52 g (1.4 to 1.8 oz). It is a large earthcreeper with long slightly decurved bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a whitish buff supercilium. Their crown is dusky brown with narrow whitish buff streaks on the forehead. The sides of their neck and their back are dark brown; the neck has thin whitish buff streaks. Their rump is dark rufous brown. Their tail is dull rufous; sometimes the central pair of feathers are browner. Their wings are rufous. Voice: One publication described the striated earthcreeper's song as "a harsh slowing trill introduced by 3 notes, the 1st longest, keep kip kip trrrrrrrrr-r-r r, lasting c. 4 s" and its call as "a single, drawn-out, somewhat wheezy weeeee". Another describes the song as "a dry accelerating-decelerating trill: tp tp tp trr'r'r'r'r'r'e'e'e'e'e'r'r" and the call as "a scratchy djer-djer-djer-djer-djree".