Two photos of a male Scale-backed Antbird by Carl Beel, made at the Brownsberg in March 2009 and a female Scale-backed antbird by J.H. Ribot, also at the Brownsberg in Suriname in 1980. This antbird makes a piping call that resembles the sound of the much larger piping-guan. The scale-backed antbirds often follow the columns of army ants, but are also seen foraging in pairs. They are common at the Brownsberg.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests |  |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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