White-tipped Plantcutter

The white-tipped plantcutter is 18 to 19.5 cm (7.1 to 7.7 in) long and weighs 30 to 57 g (1.1 to 2.0 oz). The sexes have different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a rufous forehead, a dark gray crown and cheeks, and a short crest. The gray has sparse darker streaks. Their upperparts are also dark gray with sparse darker streaks. Their wings are dusky blackish with white tips on the coverts that show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky blackish with wide white tips on all but the central pair of feathers. Voice: The white-tipped plantcutter's most common vocalization is "a mechanical errrrrrr, like sound made by winding old-fashioned alarm clock, sometimes repeated several times, and sometimes followed by lower and shorter errrr". It has also been likened to "a creaking door on unoiled, rusty hinges".