Morphometric insights into the existence of a new species of Cichlocolaptes in northeastern Brazil

k]Mazar Barnett & Buzzetti (2014) described a new species, Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti, from the Atlantic forests of northeastern Brazil. Te holotype of the new species is a female that shows remarkable similarities with the sympatric Philydor novaesi. Here I analyze eight morphometric variables to assess phenotypic similarities among specimens of Philydor novaesi, Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti and other species in these two genera. Te holotype of C. mazarbarnetti difers from Philydor novaesi and falls in a region of the morphometric space occupied by specimens of Cichlocolaptes leucophrus. Terefore, morphometric data is consistent with other morphological, behavioral, and vocal data that suggest the existence of a new species Cichlocolaptes in the northern Atlantic forest.