Chestnut-crowned Antpitta

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
In Colombia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Formicariidae
Genus:	Grallaria
Species:	G. ruficapilla
Binomial name
Grallaria ruficapilla Lafresnaye, 1842

The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla) is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest, which it has a much greater tolerance for than most antpittas. Usually this bird lives at elevations of 1,900 to 3,100 m.

It is mid-sized for an antpitta, averaging 18.5 cm (7.35 in) long. It has a orange-rufous head and nape. The back is olive brown and the throat is white. The belly is white overlaid with black-brown streaking, mainly on the sides and the flanks. The legs are gray-blue. This combination of field marks renders this species fairly distinctive when seen.

Though shy and secretive like all Grallaria to some extent, this species hops into the open reasonably often, though rarely far from cover. Most often they range into open areas at or soon after dawn. In some areas, this species has become habituated to being fed worms, and in exchange can be watched by birdwatchers.^[1] The frequently heard song is often delivered from a slightly elevated perch and is loud, distinctive repeated "wheuu".

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Grallaria ruficapilla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
• The Birds of Ecuador by Robert S. Ridgely & Paul Greenfield. Cornell University Press (2001), ISBN 978-0801487224.

1. ^ http://cabanasanisidro.com/pages/birds_and_forest.htm

External links

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