Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Grallariidae (Antpittas)  
Genus: Grallaricula (5 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.


Ochre-breasted Antpitta
Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris flavirostris) Male
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The male has an ochre breast. Many species in this genus move their chest continually left to right as if they were dancing.
Additional photo.

Rufous-breasted Antpitta
Rufous-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula leymebambae)
Senda Paty, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

The Peru and Bolivian races of the Rusty-breasted Antpitta were split off in IOC 9.1 (2019). There is also an recently discovered isolated population near Quito, Ecuador.

Crescent-faced Antpitta
Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons)
Papallacta Pass, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Harold Greeney   © All Rights Reserved.

Crescent-faced Antpitta
Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons)
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small antpitta that is rare and local in sub-paramo habitat. Male and female similar.

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.

Peruvian Antpitta
Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana) Near Threatened
San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info



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