Oxapampa Antpitta - BirdForum Opus

Grallaria centralis

Identification

Overall reddish brown with a more yellowish tone to underside and with lower central belly being buff and undertail coverts whitish. Eye is brown while bill and legs are dark.

Distribution

East slope of the Andes of central Peru (Huánuco south of the Huallaga River south through Pasco to Junín, west of the Ene River and north of the Río Mantaro River)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Dense understory of humid montane forests and second-growth at 2400–2700 m asl.

Behaviour

Presumably feeds mainly in insects and similar invertebrates. (behavior of this newly described species essentially unknown).

Vocalisation

Both long and short songs consists of trills of the same note repeated. The song may become a little less hurried towards the end of the long song.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Greeney, H. F. (2021). Oxapampa Antpitta (Grallaria centralis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (H. F. Greeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.oxaant1.01
3. Link to paper by Isler et al. (2020) describing taxonomy of this species.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Oxapampa Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Oxapampa_Antpitta

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