Sucre Antpitta - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies pariae
Photo by megan perkins
Cerro Humo, Paria,Venezuela, 23 November 2008

Grallaricula cumanensis

Identification

Subspecies pariae
Photo by Andy Adcock
Paria National Park, Venezuela, 3 January 2016

11–11·5 cm (4¼-4½ in)

• Slate-grey crown
• Brownish upperparts
• Rufous-orange underparts
• Paler at throat
• White central belly
• Buff lores

Distribution

Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Clements (2010)^[1], Gill and Donsker (2010)^[2] and the SACC^[3] split Sucre Antpitta from Slate-crowned Antpitta.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• G.n. cumanensis

• Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Sucre and Monagas)

• G.n. pariae

• North-eastern Venezuela (subtropical mountains of Paría Peninsula)

Habitat

Found in the undergrown of humid montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information available, but it is presumed their diet is similar to that of Slate-crowned Antpitta

Vocalisation

The Sucre Antpitta differs from the Slate-crowned Antpitta in both call and song.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. SACC proposal to split Slate-crowned Antpitta

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sucre Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sucre_Antpitta

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