Rusty-breasted Antpitta - BirdForum Opus

ssp ferrugineipectus
Photo © by C B Allen
Trail off the Minca to El Dorado lodge road (Magdalena/Colombia),
20 November 2023

Grallaricula ferrugineipectus

Identification

Subspecies ferrugineipectus
Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Santa Marta, Colombia, May 2013

10–10·5 cm (4-4¼ in) Tail-less,

• Pale pink legs
• Olive-brown upperparts
• Buff loral spot and eyering
• White throat
• White crescent on chest
• Reddish-buff underparts
• White undertail coverts

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• G. f. rara:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia, and the Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/ Venezuela border)

• G. f. ferrugineipectus :

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia) and mountains of northern Venezuela

Habitat

They are found in the undergrowth of humid montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects.

Breeding

They builds a shallow cup shaped nest of twigs and 2 pale green-grey, brown-marked eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Apr 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rusty-breasted Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rusty-breasted_Antpitta

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