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Members of the family Grallariidae are small to medium-sized birds with relatively stocky bodies, very short tail and long legs. They are forest birds that feed on insects on or near the ground. They are known as antpittas due to their resemblance to the old world pittas. Most antpittas favor thickets or dense understory. Most are drab in appearance with shades of (rusty) brown, black, and white being their dominant tones.
Antpittas are rather vocal, at least for part of the year, and they are always a challenge to see. They walk on the forest floor and stop and stand in an upright manner to scan de surroundings, when prey is spotted, the birds run to catch it, consume it, and stand up upright again to repeat the sequence. There are four genera and 28 species of antpittas known to occur in Peru. Photo: Rufous Antpitta ©Francisco Llacma.
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| Family GRALLARIIDAE | ||
| Antpittas | Tororois | |
| Undulated Antpitta | Tororoi Ondulado | Grallaria squamigera |
| Variegated Antpitta | Tororoi Variegado | Grallaria varia |
| Scaled Antpitta | Tororoi Escamoso | Grallaria guatimalensis |
| Plain-backed Antpitta | Tororoi de Dorso Llano | Grallaria haplonota |
| Ochre-striped Antpitta | Tororoi Ocre Listado | Grallaria dignissima |
| Elusive Antpitta | Tororoi Evasivo | Grallaria eludens |
| Chestnut-crowned Antpitta | Tororoi de Corona Castaña | Grallaria ruficapilla |
| Watkins’s Antpitta | Tororoi de Watkins | Grallaria watkinsi |
| Stripe-headed Antpitta | Tororoi de Cabeza Listada | Grallaria andicolus |
| Jocotoco Antpitta | Tororoi Jocotoco | Grallaria ridgelyi (H) |
| Chestnut-naped Antpitta | Tororoi de Nuca Castaña | Grallaria nuchalis |
| Pale-billed Antpitta | Tororoi de Pico Pálido | Grallaria carrikeri (E) |
| White-throated Antpitta | Tororoi de Garganta Blanca | Grallaria albigula |
| Rufous-faced Antpitta | Tororoi de Cara Rufa | Grallaria erythrotis |
| White-bellied Antpitta | Tororoi de Vientre Blanco | Grallaria hypoleuca (H) |
| Rusty-tinged Antpitta | Tororoi Rojizo | Grallaria przewalskii (E) |
| Bay Antpitta | Tororoi Bayo | Grallaria capitalis (E) |
| Red-and-white Antpitta | Tororoi Rojo y Blanco | Grallaria erythroleuca (E) |
| Rufous Antpitta | Tororoi Rufo | Grallaria rufula |
| Chestnut Antpitta | Tororoi Castaño | Grallaria blakei (E) |
| Tawny Antpitta | Tororoi Leonado | Grallaria quitensis |
| Spotted Antpitta | Tororoi Moteado | Hylopezus macularius |
| White-lored Antpitta | Tororoi de Lores Blancos | Myrmothera fulviventris |
| Amazonian Antpitta | Tororoi Amazónico | Myrmothera berlepschi |
| Thrush-like Antpitta | Tororoi Campanero | Myrmothera campanisona |
| Ochre-breasted Antpitta | Tororoi de Pecho Ocráceo | Grallaricula flavirostris |
| Peruvian Antpitta | Tororoi Peruano | Grallaricula peruviana |
| Ochre-fronted Antpitta | Tororoi de Frente Ocrácea | Grallaricula ochraceifrons (E) |
| Leymebamba Antpitta | Tororoi de Leymebamba | Grallaricula leymebambae |
| Slate-crowned Antpitta | Tororoi de Corona Pizarrosa | Grallaricula nana |
 CONOPOPHAGIDAE: Gnateaters – Jejeneros |
RHINOCRYPTIDAE: Tapaculos – Tapaculos |