Snethlage's Antpitta

Snethlage's antpitta is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 42 to 48 g (1.5 to 1.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a buffy-white loral spot and a buff-ochraceous ring around the eye. Their ear coverts are olive-brown with faint streaks and mottling and a black streak below them. Their forehead, crown, and nape are gray with an olive wash. Their upperparts are olive-gray that becomes olive-brown by the rump and tail. Their wings are mostly olive-brown with tawny bases to some flight feathers, blackish primary wing coverts, and large tawny-buff spots near the ends of the median and lesser wing coverts. They have a white "moustache" with a black stripe below it. Their throat is white with a black line down from the bill. Their underparts are mostly white with a buff or ochraceous yellow wash across their breast and a slight olive wash on their sides and flanks. Their breast has short black streaks and their flanks small black spots. They have a dark brown iris, a dark gray to blackish maxilla, a pale gray to pinkish mandible with a blackish tip, and dusky pink to pinkish brown legs and feet.

Snethlage's antpitta is found in northeastern Brazil south of the Amazon from the Xingu River east to the Atlantic. Almost its entire range is in Pará state but it extends slightly into Maranhão state. The species inhabits the undergrowth of mature terra firme forest. It is a bird of the lowlands, reaching only from sea level to about 500 m (1,600 ft).

The diet and foraging behavior of Snethlage's antpitta are not known. They are assumed to be similar to those of its former "parent" spotted antpitta, which see here.