Rusty-breasted Antpitta - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies ferrugineipectus
Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Santa Marta, Colombia, May 2013

Grallaricula ferrugineipectus

Identification

Subspecies leymebambae
Photo by kitefarrago
Wayqecha, Manu NP, Madre de Dios, Peru, August 2017

10–10·5 cm (4-4¼ in) Tail-less,

• Pale pink legs
• Olive-brown upperparts
• Buff loral spot and eyering
• White throat
• White crescent on chest
• Reddish-buff underparts
• White undertail coverts

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, western Ecuador, north-western Peru and northern Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• G. f. rara:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia, and the Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/ Venezuela border)

• G. f. ferrugineipectus :

• Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia) and mountains of northern Venezuela

• G. f. leymebambae:

• local on west slope of the Andes of western Ecuador and north-western Peru (Piura). East slope of the Andes from northern Peru (Amazonas south of the Marañón River) to northern Bolivia (La Paz)

Habitat

They are found in the undergrowth of humid montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects.

Breeding

They builds a shallow cup shaped nest of twigs and 2 pale green-grey, brown-marked eggs are laid.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Apr 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rusty-breasted Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 March 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rusty-breasted_Antpitta

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