- Grallaria erythrotis
Identification
18.5 cm
- Orange-rufous sides of head and neck
- Olivaceous upperparts
- White throat and abdomen
- Orange-rufous breast with obscure white streaks
- Olivaceous sides
- Dark brown eyes
- Blackish bill
Sexes similar. Juveniles are grey-brown above, almost uniform on top of head, back with cinnamon-buff spots and weak tawny barring, lower back barred, whitish chin, barred dusky brown and cinnamon-buff underparts, some pale spots on breast and pale buff belly.
Distribution
Found in the Yungas of western Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz).
A fairly common to common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Edges of humid montane forest and shrubby areas. Often recorded along roads and edges of clearings and landslides.
Occurs at 2000-3050 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on beetles, ants, caterpillars and spiders, takes rarely seeds.
Forages by hopping on the ground, often coming out into the open.
Breeding
No information from the wild. Lays 2 eggs in captivity.
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) Rufous-faced Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-faced_Antpitta
