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- Grallaria guatimalensis
Subspecies Grallaria guatimalensis princeps
Photo by Glen Tepke
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, August 2015
Photo by Glen Tepke
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica, August 2015
Identification
18cm
- Grey nape
- Olive brown crown and upperparts, feathers scaled black
- Brown throat
- Cinnamon underparts
Distribution
Central and South America
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- G. g. ochraceiventris: southwestern Mexico (Jalisco to Hidalgo, Guerrero and Oaxaca)
- G. g. binfordi: south central Mexico (México, Distrito Federal, Morelos, and north central Oaxaca)
- G. g. guatimalensis: Southern Mexico (north-western Veracruz and Oaxaca) to northern Nicaragua
- G. g. princeps: Subtropical Costa Rica to western Panama (Veraguas)
- G. g. chocoensis: Mountains of eastern Panama (Darién) and north-western Colombia (Chocó)
- G. g. aripoensis: Northern Trinidad, very rare
- G. g. roraimae: Tepuis of southern Venezuela, adjacent northern Brazil and western Guyana
- G. g. carmelitae: Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia) and Sierra de Perijá
- G. g. regulus: Andes from western Venezuela south, on west slope, to northwestern Peru (Cajamarca) and, on east slope, to central Peru (Cuzco); also in lowlands of eastern Ecuador and extreme northern Peru. Subspecific identity of population in coastal mountains of northeastern Venezuela is undetermined
- G. g. sororia: Southern Peru (Cusco) to central Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
Behaviour
Terrestrial.
Breeding
It builds a cup nest of sticks and leaves low in a shrub, into which 2 eggs are laid.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Scaled Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scaled_Antpitta
External Links
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