Order: Passeriformes | Family: Grallariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. East Central, Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. East Central, Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. East Central, Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. East Central, Brasil
Identification & Behavior: ~18 cm (7.1 in). The Variegated Antpitta is grayish and brown with an intricate pattern that includes scales, spots, streaks, and bars. The cap and nape are gray. It has broad buff lores and mustachial streaks. The color structure is similar to that of Scaled Antpitta, which occur mostly on the east slope of the Andes and in patches in Amazonia. However, these antpittas are not known to overlap.
Status: The Variegated Antpitta is restricted to a relatively small area north of the Amazon and Napo Rivers. Not much is known about this rare Antpitta. It also occurs in Br.
Name in Spanish: Tororoi Variegado.
Sub-species: Variegated Antpitta (Grallaria varia cinereiceps) Hellmayr, 1903.
Meaning of Name: Grallaria: L. grallarius, grallae= one walking on stilts. varia: L. varia, varius= diverse, varied.
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- 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.