Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Grallariidae (Antpittas)  
Genus: Grallaria (28 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.


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White-throated Antpitta (Grallaria albigula)
   



Stripe-headed Antpitta
Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
Junin, Peru  
   
Photograph by Juan José Chalco Luna   © All Rights Reserved.


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Atuen Antpitta (Grallaria atuensis) ENDEMIC
   



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Ayacucho Antpitta (Grallaria ayacuchensis) ENDEMIC
   



Chestnut Antpitta
Chestnut Antpitta (Grallaria blakei) ENDEMIC
Owlet Lodge, Abra Patricia, Amazonas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Cajamarca Antpitta
Cajamarca Antpitta (Grallaria cajamarcae) ENDEMIC
Cruz Conga, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Bay Antpitta
Bay Antpitta (Grallaria capitalis) ENDEMIC
Senda Paty, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Pale-billed Antpitta
Pale-billed Antpitta (Grallaria carrikeri) ENDEMIC
San Lorenzo, Amazonas, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at altitudes over 2300 meters in northern Peru.

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Oxapampa Antpitta (Grallaria centralis) ENDEMIC
   



Ochre-striped Antpitta
Ochre-striped Antpitta (Grallaria dignissima)
Yasuní Research Station, Orellana, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Elusive Antpitta (Grallaria eludens)
   



Red-and-white Antpitta
Red-and-white Antpitta (Grallaria erythroleuca) ENDEMIC
Wayqecha, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large antpitta found over 2100m only in southeast Peru on the eastern Andean slope. Replaces the White-throated Antpitta found at lower altitudes, and which does not have a white belly.

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Chachapoyas Antpitta (Grallaria gravesi) ENDEMIC
   



Scaled Antpitta
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.

Plain-backed Antpitta
Plain-backed Antpitta (Grallaria haplonota chaplinae)
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A smaller antpitta found at around 1500m that is very difficult to see.

White-bellied Antpitta
White-bellied Antpitta (Grallaria hypoleuca castanea)
Palestina, Tolima, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-naped Antpitta
Chestnut-naped Antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A reasonably common larger antpitta found around 2500-3000m.

Junin Antpitta
Junin Antpitta (Grallaria obscura) ENDEMIC
Carretera Satipo, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Urubamba Antpitta
Urubamba Antpitta (Grallaria occabambae) ENDEMIC
Wayqecha, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Panao Antpitta
Panao Antpitta (Grallaria oneilli) ENDEMIC
Bosque Montepotrero,  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-tinged Antpitta
Rusty-tinged Antpitta (Grallaria przewalskii) ENDEMIC
Reserva Alto Nieva, San Martín, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny Antpitta
Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)
Cajas National Park, Ecuador
  A large antpitta
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large antpitta, and unlike most antpittas in that it is often found in the open, usually above 3500m, in the paramo above the treeline.
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Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla ruficapilla)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

This wide-ranging medium-sized species is generally the most frequently seen and heard cloud forest antpitta.

Equatorial Antpitta
Equatorial Antpitta (Grallaria saturata)
Hacienda de Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The newly described Equatorial Antpitta is part of a big split of the Rufous Antpitta, and is found only in the central Andean ridge in Colombia, and continues into Ecuador and Peru.

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Puno Antpitta (Grallaria sinaensis)
   



Undulated Antpitta
Undulated Antpitta (Grallaria squamigera squamigera)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Variegated Antpitta
Variegated Antpitta (Grallaria varia)
Parque Estadual da Serra da Cantareira, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info


Watkins's Antpitta
Watkins's Antpitta (Grallaria watkinsi) Near Threatened
Jorupe Reserve, Loja, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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