!!! HOODED ANTPITTA !!! (Grallaricula cucullata)

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  Marmot

• May 1, 2012

Well done on the brand new species

 

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  IanF

• May 1, 2012

Well done in locating this mega rarity :t:

Opus updated :t:

 

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  cuckooroller

• May 1, 2012

Hi Diego,
I have one in my DB - who knows where it came from - just labeled Colombia, that appears ITW. I have another couple of ITH photos. Certainly rare, and certainly little photographed.

 

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  delia todd

• May 1, 2012

A great find Diego. Well done.

D

 

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  COLOMBIA Birding

• May 1, 2012

thanks all... Steve, the other photo is a mist-netted bird that actually I was involved in the expedition.. we were up in the high Magdalena Valley in Huila in 2005... more here:

http://www.sao.org.co/publicaciones/boletinsao/f-Ocampo&Calderon-Huila.pdf

The photo you mean (http://www.humboldt.org.co/upa/fotos600/11648.jpg) come from this website: http://www.humboldt.org.co/aicas/ficha_aica.php?cod=CO045

that's the bird we captured and was photographed in one of those 'tents'/'cages' in the mistnetting place.

saludos,
Diego.

 

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  Bananafishbones

• May 1, 2012

I can imagine your exitment - very very well done
Dave

 

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  cuckooroller

• May 2, 2012

Hi Diego,
Well, that explains it. I did have some doubts about the photo. It seemed sort of choreographed, stuck onto a nice, clean little stage.

 

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  Birdingcraft

• May 2, 2012

Nice one Diego! Thanks for sharing!

 

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  COLOMBIA Birding

• May 4, 2012

very very exciting Dave... this is quite a MEGA, yo know..!
;-)

 

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  COLOMBIA Birding

• May 4, 2012

Steve.. yes, indeed a nice photo but a scared-to-hell bird, you know..
saludos, Diego.