Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Grallariidae (Antpittas)  
Genus: Grallaria (7 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.


Bolivian Antpitta
Bolivian Antpitta (Grallaria cochabambae) ENDEMIC
Corani, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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Rufous-faced Antpitta (Grallaria erythrotis) 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.

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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.



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