Interior eastern Brazil, locally in western and southern Ceará, Piauí, western Pernambuco, Bahia and extreme northern Minas Gerais.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction through conversion to agriculture, extensive razing and human development is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Song is a series of three parts, the first ascending, the second with double-noted notes and the third three-notes, as 'piupiupiupiu tetju tetju tetju tetjutu'.
White-browed Antpitta (Hylopezus ochroleucus) [XC712490]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Chapada do Araripe. National Forest above Crato, Brazil (call)
White-browed Antpitta (Hylopezus ochroleucus) [XC452001]
by Fabrice Schmitt from Araripe, Ceara, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Was for many years treated as conspecific with Speckle-breasted Antpitta (Hylopezus nattereri), despite striking differences in voice, plumage, habitat and distribution.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet