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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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. |
This wide-ranging medium-sized species is generally the most frequently seen and heard cloud forest antpitta. |
Part of a five-way split of the Rufous Antpitta in Colombia, and found only in the eastern Andean chain (the Andes breaks into three ranges in south Colombia). |
Note large size, greyish color and white eye-ring, different from other species in the Rufous Antpitta complex. |
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