Plumbeous Antshrike

12.5 cm. Male slaty gray, chest darker, bend of wing and spots on wing coverts white. Female dull olive brown above, whitish eyering, white tips of wing coverts, throat grayish white, belly and crissum ochraceous grayish olive brown. Song a sequence of about 8 whistles, first rising, then descending in pitch, duration about 2-3 s. In pairs or single in lower growth of tall forest. Probably August-December. Nest close to ground in forest understory. Rare and local in primary rain forest Extralimital, mentioned to occur in Estado Rio de Janeiro without citing any location ^40 . Might occur in<8E>Desengano State Park<8E>near Campos. To 600 meters 2591 Song, Parque Estadual Rio Doce, MG, sunny, 27<91>C, with /Crypturellus noctivagus, Neopelma aurifrons, Pachyrhamphus polychopterus or /Pachyrhamphus marginatus .: 4020 > Male: 7493 > Female: