Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Grallariidae (Antpittas)  
Genus: Grallaricula (1 species, 10 worldwide)

Genus Grallaricula are a genus of small antpittas, short-tailed insect-eating birds, that may come to the ground like Grallaria antpittas, but often stay above the ground.


Slaty-crowned Antpitta
Slaty-crowned Antpitta (Grallaricula nana nana)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A sparrow-sized Antpitta usually found in cloud forests above 2500m.


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