Brazilian name: Pintadinho

The Scaled Antbird is a Brazilian endemic which is found only along the eastern coast of Brazil from Alagoas to Santa Catarina. It is fairly common in the undergrowth of forest and secondary woodland.

According to Ridgely & Tudor it is very fond of Heliconia but is not associated with bamboo.

The male is black on the upperparts with white spots and a white supercilium. There are two white wing-bars and the tail is conspicuously barred white. Underparts are white with bold black spots. The female has a similar pattern but the black is replaced by brown and the white by buff.

There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is also a page on Wikiaves.