White-browed Antbird

Myrmoborus leucophrys

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 22 g

What the White-browed Antbird sounds like

Sonogram of the White-browed Antbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the White-browed Antbird: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The white-browed antbird is 12 to 13.5 cm (4.7 to 5.3 in) long and weighs 18 to 22 g (0.63 to 0.78 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies M. l. leucophrys have the eponymous white forehead and supercilium. They are otherwise mostly dark bluish gray that is darkest on their wings and tail and lightest on their crissum. Their face below the white, their chin, and their throat are black. Adult females have a cinnamon to yellow-buff forehead and supercilium. Their crown is olive-brown with a reddish tinge and the rest of their face is black. They have olive-brown upperparts. Voice: The male white-browed antbird's song is "a long (e.g. 4 seconds) trill typically increasing in intensity and pace initially, dropping slightly in pitch at end"; the female's is "shorter and often rising in pitch initially". The subspecies' songs differ greatly in their pace. The species' calls include a short whistle that varies geographically from clear to nasal or burry.

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When to see the White-browed 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 White-browed Antbird

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-browed Antbird

The white-browed antbird is a species of perching bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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