Drymodes superciliaris Gould, 1850

Nominate race has lores and spot behind eye white, vertical black stripe from above front of eye to side of lower throat, buff ear- coverts grading into hindneck ; forehead and upperparts to lower back cinnamon- brown, rump and uppertail- coverts bright rufous; upperwing blackish- brown, greater and median wing- coverts broadly edged white (forming two white bars on folded wing), outer primaries edged white distally (forming whitish patch), alula edged white, tertials broadly edged buff; tail bright rufous- brown, outer four feather pairs broadly tipped white, amount of white increasing outwards; chin and throat white, underparts light buff, side of belly and flanks washed rufous; iris dark brown; bill black; legs pink. Sexes similar. Juvenile is poorly known, reportedly duller and more rufous, with spotting on upperparts, rufous edges of wing- coverts; immature similar to adult, but retaining juvenile wing- coverts. Race brevirostris has upperparts tinged cinnamon; nigriceps has upperparts much darker and duller brown, male with brownish- black crown; beccarii is like previous, but upperparts slightly paler, crown slightly darker.