Birds of Venezuela

    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.


Hooded Antpitta
Hooded Antpitta (Grallaricula cucullata cucullata) Near Threatened
OtĂșn Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Very rare and not well known. Smaller than most in its genus.

Sucre Antpitta
Sucre Antpitta (Grallaricula cumanensis) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
Sucre state, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-breasted Antpitta
Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus)
Laguna Tabacal, La Vega, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Scallop-breasted Antpitta
Scallop-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula loricata) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.


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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