Yellow-browed Antbird
Hypocnemis hypoxantha
The Yellow-browed Antbird (Hypocnemis hypoxantha) is a rare antbirds, antshrikes, antwrens, and antvireo found in 4 countries, weighing about 12 g. The yellow-browed antbird, or yellow-browed antwarbler, is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds".
About the Yellow-browed Antbird
The yellow-browed antbird, or yellow-browed antwarbler, is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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How to identify it
The yellow-browed antbird is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 10 to 13 g (0.35 to 0.46 oz). Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a black crown with white spots down its center. They have a bright lemon yellow supercilium and ear coverts, a black line through the eye, and a black malar "moustache". Their upperparts, sides, flanks, and tail are light grayish olive. Their flight feathers are grayish olive with white tips and their wing coverts black with white tips. Their throat and underparts are bright lemon yellow with some black streaks on the side of the breast. Voice: The yellow-browed antbird's song is "an evenly and slow-paced, descending series of modulated whistles: DCHEET djeet djeer djeer djeer djeer djer" and it calls "a whistled, whiny series of descending notes: pwee-pwee-pwee and burry grr-grr".
What the Yellow-browed Antbird sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in July. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Yellow-browed Antbird?
- The yellow-browed antbird is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 10 to 13 g (0.35 to 0.46 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Yellow-browed Antbird?
- The Yellow-browed Antbird is a tiny sized bird weighing about 12 g.
- Where can you see a Yellow-browed Antbird?
- The Yellow-browed Antbird occurs in 4 countries, including Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Peru.
- What does a Yellow-browed Antbird sound like?
- You can listen to 3 field recordings of the Yellow-browed Antbird on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
- What birds look similar to a Yellow-browed Antbird?
- The Yellow-browed Antbird is most easily confused with the Spix's Warbling Antbird, the Imeri Warbling Antbird and the Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird.
- Is the Yellow-browed Antbird endangered?
- The Yellow-browed Antbird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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