About the White-eyed Stipplethroat
The white-eyed stipplethroat, previously called white-eyed antwren, is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
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The white-eyed stipplethroat is 9.5 to 11 cm (3.7 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 8 to 10.5 g (0.28 to 0.37 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies E. l. leucophthalma have a mostly gray-brown face and a black throat with white spots. They have a gray-brown crown and upperparts, and reddish tail and flight feathers. Their wing coverts are blackish brown with large cinnamon-tinged white tips. Their breast and upper belly are gray that becomes gray that gains an ochraceous tinge towards the vent area. Their iris is pale and is believed to darken with age. Voice: The white-eyed stipplethroat's song is a "very high, very thin, slightly descending 'tsitsitsituw' ". Its calls "include abrupt downslurred notes, sometimes in doublets and triplets, or given in regularly paced series; also a rubbery rattle".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Rufous-backed StipplethroatEpinecrophylla haematonotaThe rufous-backed stipplethroat is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 8 to 10.5 g (0.28 to 0.37 oz).
Brown-bellied StipplethroatEpinecrophylla gutturalisThe brown-bellied stipplethroat is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long and weighs 7.5 to 9.5 g (0.26 to 0.34 oz).
Foothill StipplethroatEpinecrophylla spodionotaThe foothill stipplethroat is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 9 to 10.5 g (0.32 to 0.37 oz).
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