White-throated Antbird

Oneillornis salvini

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 26 g

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The white-throated antbird is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 28 g (0.78 to 0.99 oz). Adult males are mostly gray. They have a white supercilium, ear coverts, chin, and throat. Their wings are a darker gray than their back and their tail is barred with blackish gray and white. Adult females have a dark olive-brown center of their crown. Their nape, sides of the head, throat, and upper breast are rufous. Their upper back is olive-brown, the rest of their back is barred with black and rufous, and their rump is reddish yellow-brown. Voice: One author described the white-throated antbird's song as a "slow, resounding series of 3-4 descending, long, upslurred 'weeih' notes". Another wrote it as "RHEEE?-rheee?-rheee?-rheee?-rhrrrr". Its calls include "a puttering, descending rattle and a rich tchup".

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When to see the White-throated Antbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-throated Antbird

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-throated Antbird

The white-throated antbird is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.

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