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Tandayapa, north-western Ecuador, March 2006

Grallaria ruficapilla

[edit] Identification

• Brown upper parts
• White underparts with brown mottling
• Chestnut crown and nape
• White throat
• Dark iris
• Long grey legs and feet

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies^[1]:

• G. r. ruficapilla:

• Andes of Colombia and northern Ecuador

• G. r. perijana:

• Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)

• G. r. avilae:

• Coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela and Andes of Lara

• G. r. nigrolineata:

• Andes of western Venezuela (Táchira, Mérida and Trujillo)

• G. r. connectens:

• Subtropical Andes of south-western Ecuador

• G. r. albiloris:

• Southern Ecuador (Loja) and north-western Peru (south to Lambayeque)

• G. r. interior:

• Central Cordillera of northern Peru (Amazonas and San Martín)

[edit] Habitat

Montane hardwood cloud florest. Mid-elevation at around 2100m with ornamental plantings.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes worms.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

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