Not to be confused with white-browed antbird.
| White-browed antpitta | |
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| at Araripe, state of Ceará, Brazil. | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Hylopezus |
| Species: | H. ochroleucus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylopezus ochroleucus (Wied, 1831) | |
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The 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 are pale buff or whitish. The rest of their underparts, sides, and flanks are buffy ochraceous. They have a dark brown iris, a black bill with a paler base to the mandible, and pink to grayish pink legs and feet.
Distribution and habitat
The white-browed antpitta is found in the caatinga region of eastern Brazil from western Ceará south into northern Mato Grosso. It primarily inhabits the understory of semi-deciduous woodland but also inhabits deciduous woodlands. In elevation it occurs between 400 and 1,000 m (1,300 and 3,300 ft).
Behavior
Movement
The white-browed antpitta is believed to be resident throughout its range.
Feeding
The white-browed antpitta's diet has not been detailed but is assumed to consist of arthropods, earthworms, and other small invertebrates. It forages while walking and hopping on the forest floor, seeking prey by probing into leaf litter and soil.
Breeding
Nothing is known about the white-browed antpitta's breeding biology.
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Songs and calls Listen to the white-browed antpitta on xeno-canto |
Vocalization
The white-browed antpitta's song is a "series in 3 parts, 1st ascending, 2nd with double-noted notes, last 3-noted, sounding like 'piupiu-piupiu tetju tetju tetju tetjutu' ". The species sings from a low perch within thick foliage.
Status
The IUCN originally in 2004 assessed the white-browed antpitta as Near Threatened and since 2022 as being of Least Concern. It has a large range; its population size is not known and is believed to be decreasing. "Deforestation of caatinga for timber extraction and agricultural expansion, as well as understorey degradation by intensive grazing, must have adversely affected the species. The extent of these threats has accelerated since c.1970." It is known from only a few protected areas.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "White-browed Antpitta Hylopezus ochroleucus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22703349A216833765. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List. v 14.2. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 27 July 2024. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved July 28, 2024
- Whitney, B. M., J. F. Pacheco, P. R. Isler, and M. L. Isler (1995). Hylopezus nattereri (Pinto, 1937) is a valid species (Passeriformes: Formicariidae). Ararajuba 3:37–42.
- ^ Greeney, H. F. (2020). White-browed Antpitta (Hylopezus ochroleucus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbant7.01 retrieved September 14, 2024
- ^ van Perlo, Ber (2009). A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7.