Chestnut Antpitta

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Chestnut Antpitta is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Chestnut Antpitta (Grallaria blakei) is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Grallaria blakei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007. This Formicariidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. More

as yet undescribed form of Chestnut Antpitta and managed to obtain some good recordings of the call and what presumably is the primary song. Returned to Oxapampa to collect luggage followed by a very long and bumpy ride to Junin... 2006 - Inkanatura - http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/peru/peru-17/N-Peru-aug-06.htm ...We left at 6.00 for Puerto Eten, where, very close to the sea was a ruined church that was a good perch for Black Vultures. More

for as well as the undescribed form of Chestnut Antpitta that seems to be a good species (?Pasco Antpitta?). in the afternoon we will bird Oxapampa-Villa Rica road. Remarkably good birding along this road. Things seen here include: White-capped Tanager, Golden-headed Quetzal, Long-tailed Sylph, Olivaceous Greenlet, Bay Antpitta, Red-throated Caracara, White-winged Becard, Blue and Black Tanager as well as the endemic Creamy-bellied Antwren. More

Chestnut Antpitta (Grallaria blakei) - What a nightmare of a bird! Armed with a machete and a lot of patience we went after one below Abra Patricia, but only Jean-Michel saw it well. Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus) - Nice close views of one right at the pass at Abra Patricia. TAPACULOS (Passeriformes Rhinocryptidae) Elegant Crescent-chest (Melanopareia elegans) - One seen at Porculla. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Formicariidae
Genus : Grallaria
Species : blakei
Authority : Graves, 1987