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Alternative name: Slaty-crowned Antpitta
- Grallaricula nana
Includes Guianan Antpitta
Identification
Distribution
Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Six subspecies are recognized:[1]
- G. n. olivascens in the coastal mountains of north central Venezuela (Aragua and Distrito Federal)
- G. n. nanitaea in the Andes of Venezuela and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander, Santander)
- G. n. hallsi in the Andes of northern Colombia (Serranía de los Yariguíes, Santander)
- G. n. nana in the eastern Andes of Colombia
- G. n. occidentalis in the western and central Andes of Colombia south to northern Peru
- G. n. kukenamensis in the Tepuis of southeast Venezuela (east Bolívar) and probably adjacent Guyana
Clements (2010)[1], Gill and Donsker (2010)[2] and the SACC[3] split Sucre Antpitta from Slate-crowned Antpitta.
Subspecies kukenamensis has been proposed for separation as Guianan Antpitta, Grallaricula kukenamensis, but this has not been accepted by the SACC[3], Clements (2010)[1] or Gill and Donsker (2010)[2].
Habitat
Moist montane forests.
Behaviour
The Sucre Antpitta differs from the Slate-crowned Antpitta in both call and song.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- SACC proposal to split Slate-crowned Antpitta
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Slate-crowned Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slate-crowned_Antpitta
