Order
Passeriformes
Family
Grallariidae
Genus
Grallaria
 
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Rufous-faced Antpitta Grallaria erythrotis

Harold F. Greeney
Version: 1.0 — Published August 30, 2013

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Introduction

Rufous-faced Antpitta is a medium sized Grallaria that is confined to humid montane forests of northern and central Bolivia. Within this very small range, Rufous-faced Antpitta could be confused only with the larger White-throated Antpitta (Grallaria albigula), which in contrast has the entire head deep rufous, and principally gray underparts. Rufous-faced Antpitta has a grayish crown and nape, and is largely buffy below, grading to whitish ventrally. The songs of the two species also are quite different, being triple noted in Rufous-faced Antpitta, but with only two notes in White-throated Antpitta. The scant data on reproduction for Rufous-faced Antpitta come from a single nest observed in captivity.

Distribution of the Rufous-faced Antpitta - Range Map
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Distribution of the Rufous-faced Antpitta

Recommended Citation

Greeney, H. F. (2013). Rufous-faced Antpitta (Grallaria erythrotis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.rufant2.01