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'''Alternative name: Scrub Antpitta''' | '''Alternative name: Scrub Antpitta''' | ||
;[[:Category:Grallaria|Grallaria]] watkinsi | ;[[:Category:Grallaria|Grallaria]] watkinsi | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 18 cm. | ||
| + | * Pale rufous crown an dnape with narrow whitish shaft streaks | ||
| + | * Light buffy to white lores and eyering | ||
| + | * Buff auriculars with olive streaks | ||
| + | * Pale olivaceous upperparts, back narrowly whitish streaked | ||
| + | * White throat | ||
| + | * White rest of underparts with broad olivaceous streaking | ||
| + | Sexes similar. Juveniles undescribed. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Ecuador]] and [[Peru]]. | + | Lowlands and Andes of southwest [[Ecuador]] and northwest [[Peru]] (Tumbes).<br /> |
| − | + | A local but fairly common restricted-range species. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> | ||
| + | Has been considered conspecific with [[Chestnut-crowned Antpitta]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | Dry forests. | + | Dry forests and second growth.<br /> |
| + | Occurs at 50-1800 m in [[Ecuador]], at 600-900 m in [[Peru]]. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | Details unknown. | ||
| + | Forages by hopping on the ground, hidden behind vegetation. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | Breeding suspected in July and late August. No other information. | ||
| + | ====Movements==== | ||
| + | Presumably a sedentary species. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#{{Ref-HBWVol8}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Grallaria+watkinsi}} | {{GSearch|Grallaria+watkinsi}} | ||
Revision as of 15:54, 13 February 2014
Alternative name: Scrub Antpitta
- Grallaria watkinsi
Identification
18 cm.
- Pale rufous crown an dnape with narrow whitish shaft streaks
- Light buffy to white lores and eyering
- Buff auriculars with olive streaks
- Pale olivaceous upperparts, back narrowly whitish streaked
- White throat
- White rest of underparts with broad olivaceous streaking
Sexes similar. Juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Lowlands and Andes of southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru (Tumbes).
A local but fairly common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Has been considered conspecific with Chestnut-crowned Antpitta.
Habitat
Dry forests and second growth.
Occurs at 50-1800 m in Ecuador, at 600-900 m in Peru.
Behaviour
Diet
Details unknown. Forages by hopping on the ground, hidden behind vegetation.
Breeding
Breeding suspected in July and late August. No other information.
Movements
Presumably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Watkins's Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Watkins%27s_Antpitta
