Xingu Scythebill

The Xingu scythebill is 22.5 to 25 cm (8.9 to 9.8 in) long and weighs about 38 g (1.3 oz). It is a slim, medium-sized woodcreeper with a very long, slim, dramatically decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a blackish head. Their back and wing coverts are dark rufous-brown with wide lighter streaks that have black edges. Their rump and tail are dark chestnut. Their throat is plain whitish. Their underparts are brown with wide buffy streaks that have indistinct darker borders on the breast that don't continue onto the belly. Voice: The Xingu scythebill's song is described as "a series of c. 7–10 notes, with little variation in note length and pitch". It is somewhat similar to that of the curve-billed scythebill sensu stricto, which is described as "an accelerating series...of 7–9 somewhat melancholy whistles on even pitch or falling slightly...'weeee, weé, wee, we, we, wew' or 'kuweee, kuwee, kwee, wee-wee-we-we-we. ".