Birds of Ecuador - Grallaricula


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.
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Rufous-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula leymebambae) Senda Paty, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

The Peru and Bolivian races of the Rusty-breasted Antpitta were split off in IOC 9.1 (2019). There is also an recently discovered isolated population near Quito, Ecuador.


Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) Papallacta Pass, Ecuador
Photograph by Harold Greeney © All Rights Reserved.


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 (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.


Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaricula peruviana) Near Threatened San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador
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