Chestnut Antpitta (Grallaria blakei)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Grallariidae  | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Apalla, Junin

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Patricia, Amazonas

chestnut_antpitta
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Abra Patricia, Amazonas


Identification & Behavior: ~14.5 cm (6 in). The aptly named Chestnut Antpitta is all chestnut with a pale center of the belly.  It is very similar to the Rufous Antpitta but is distinguished by the lack of a pale crescent behind the eye, pale center of belly, voice, and by ranging at lower elevations. Also, see Bay Antpitta.

Status: Endemic. The Chestnut Antpitta is fairly common in its restricted range. It is generally known at elevations between 1700 – 2500 m in two widely disjunct populations.

Name in Spanish: Tororoi Castaño.

Sub-species: Chestnut Antpitta (Grallaria blakei) Graves, 1987.

Meaning of Name: Grallaria: L. grallarius, grallae= one walking on stilts. blakei:  After Emmet Reid Blake US Ornithologist, collector, and author of The Birds of Mexico, 1953, and Manual of Neotropical Birds, 1977.

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Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.