Birds of Panama

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Genus: Grallaria (1 species, 47 worldwide)

Genus Grallaria are antpittas, short-tailed insect-eating tropical birds that stand upright and hop along forest floor, almost never flying and rarely perching on branches. Sizes range from about 16 cm. to about 24 cm.


Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis princeps) Auberge de Socorro, Costa Rica The subspecies in Costa Rica and west Panama is much redder than others.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis regulus) Kilometro 18, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A large antpitta that sometimes goes into the canopy. Most closely related to the Moustached Antpitta.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba