Birds of Colombia

    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.

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


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.

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.


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