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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Found at altitudes over 2300 meters in northern Peru. |
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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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A large antpitta that sometimes goes into the canopy. Most closely related to the Moustached Antpitta. |
A smaller antpitta found at around 1500m that is very difficult to see. |
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A reasonably common larger antpitta found around 2500-3000m. |
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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. Additional photo. |
This wide-ranging medium-sized species is generally the most frequently seen and heard cloud forest antpitta. |
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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