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What the Stub-tailed Antbird sounds like
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The stub-tailed antbird is 13.5 to 14.5 cm (5.3 to 5.7 in) long. Adult males are almost entirely black, with a white patch between their scapulars. Adult females are also mostly black, with white dots on the tips on their wing coverts and white spots on their throat, breast, and upper belly. Those on the belly sometimes have a scaly pattern. Both sexes have a deep red iris. Voice: The stub-tailed antbird's song is "a series of downslurred notes that first drop and then rise in pitch, e.g., 'chi-chu-chu-chu-chew-chéw-chéw-chéw' ". Its calls include "a sharp 'chit' and a 'ch-dit' ".
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When to see the Stub-tailed Antbird
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 Stub-tailed Antbird
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Stub-tailed Antbird
The stub-tailed antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Magdalena AntbirdSipia palliataThe Magdalena antbird is 13 to 16 cm (5.1 to 6.3 in) long; one male weighed 24 g (0.85 oz).
Esmeraldas AntbirdSipia nigricaudaThe Esmeraldas antbird is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 22 to 23 g (0.78 to 0.81 oz).
Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemostictaThe dull-mantled antbird is 12.5 to 15.0 cm (4.9 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 25 g (0.88 oz).
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