White-browed Antpitta
Photo © Lindolfo Souto
Photo © Lindolfo Souto — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist photo #606491553The white-browed antpitta (Hylopezus ochroleucus) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Brazil. == Taxonomy and systematics == The white-browed antpitta is monotypic. However, for a time in the mid-twentieth century what is now the speckle-breasted antpitta (Cryptopezus nattereri) was treated as a subspecies of it. They were separated following a 1995 publication that detailed differences in their vocalizations, plumage, and habitat. == Description == The white-browed antpitta is 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have white to buffy white lores. They have a white to buffy white streak with thin black borders behind the eye. Their ear coverts are buffy olive or grayish olive with faint white streaks. Their forehead, crown, and nape are gray-olive and their upperparts and tail are olive-gray. Their flight feathers are a brownish olive-gray with ochraceous edges on the front of the primaries. Their wing coverts are dark with light buff tips. Their throat is white with a black line down from the bill. Their breast is mostly white with darker streaks and spots and their central belly and undertail coverts…
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