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  1. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Fantastic large, once almost mythical antpitta of Andean cloud forest in Ecuador and southern Colombia. On an amazing morning it felt as though the Giant Antpitta's were looking for us rather than the opposite and we saw possibly as many as 6 different individuals in 4 distinct areas. This...
  2. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Thought I might post my photo of a Giant Antpitta taken in Ecuador earlier in the year. This is "Maria" - she can be coaxed out of the undergrowth with worms, and photos of her have been posted here before - as early as 2006, but not recently. So I thought I'd share this one to show...
  3. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta (Grallaria gigantea) Refugio Paz de los Aves between Nanegalito and Mindo, Ecuador.
  4. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Taken in Mindo, Ecuador
  5. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta
  6. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Famous "Maria" at Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador. Picture taken by putting the camera on the ground. http://www.avesecuador.com/ and http://www.mindobirds.com.ec/
  7. Giant Antpitta

    Giant Antpitta

    Got any worms?
  8. Giant antpitta

    Giant antpitta

    Another from Angel Paz's antpitta reserve. The 500 mm lens I was using was total overkill. Most of the time the birds were much too close and it was rather dark down there ...
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