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Revision as of 16:09, 16 January 2014
- Grallaria carrikeri
Identification
19cm.
- Black forecrown, lores, auriculars and malar region
- Blackish-brown crown and side of head, merging into olivaceous brown nape and back
- Dark chestnut wings and tail
- Black upper throat, shadng to blackish-grey on lower throat
- Slate grey breast and belly, feathers narrowly tipped with black
- Almost white central belly
- Buff-olive flanks and crissum
- Ivory-coloured bill
Sexes similar. Juveniles with blackish-gred head, upper mantle and upper breast, rest of plumage dark grey and barred cinnamon.
Distribution
Found on the eastern slopes of the Andes of northern Peru (Amazonas and La Libertad).
An uncommon to locally fairly common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It's sometimes considered a sister-specie of Chestnut-naped Antpitta. Probably more closely related to Jocotoco Antpitta.
Habitat
Moist montanes with dense stands of bamboo.
Occurs at 2350 to 2900m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on caterpillars, beetles and other arthropods. Foraging not well documented, probably like other antpittas.
Breeding
Breeding season probably in drier season, nest found in October, juveniles found in August. One nest documented, a shallow cup made of small sticks and decaying leaves. It was placed on a partly fallen tree 3 m above a slope concealed in mosses and ferns.
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) Pale-billed Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pale-billed_Antpitta
