Scaled Antpitta

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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The Scaled Antpitta is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Scaled Antpitta - Grallaria guatimalensis Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis regulus Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. 25 January 2008. This bird was brooding two moderately-developed nestlings. The nest was about 150 m from the lodge, a messy clump of vegetation on a branch about 1.5 m off the ground. (D3) Scaled Antpitta - Grallaria guatimalensis Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis regulus Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. More

Scaled Antpitta is an extremely unlikely find in the area around Cerro Gaital, although I note with 10. Sherrys Lavishing amusement Angry Bear that the Canopy Lodge advertises its rare. The antpittas in the genera Grallaria, Hylopezus, Myrmothera and Grallaricula are also sexually monomorphic; they resemble the true pittas in that they 11. are. White-bellied Best pinoy scandal Antpitta. More

The Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis) is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. More

Speaking of Scaled Antpitta, a nest was found at the Vista del Valle Restaurant, above San Isidro del General, Pérez Zeledón. In mid-August, Morris Quesada phoned to narrate his experience of stopping for refreshments with a tour group enroute to points south. The proprietor told Morris of an "antbird" that was nesting in a tree fern near his house. More

Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Least Concern Justification This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). More

Scaled Antpitta is an extremely unlikely find in the area around Cerro Gaital, although I note with amusement that the Canopy Lodge advertises its rare presence in the area as if birders have any real chance of seeing it! Scaled Antpitta has been seen very occasionally at Cerro Gaital and even less often well to the east at Cerro Azul. More

Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis = Huitepec Ecological Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico - Apr, 2003 More

Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis = Described by: Prevost; Des Murs (1846) Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Huitepec Ecological Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico - Apr, 2003 More

Yellow-breasted Antpitta at Angel Paz More

Scaled Antpitta, Costa Rica, Tapanti 20090426 © Bjorn Anderson Scaled Antpitta - Scaled Antpitta, Ecuador, Tandayapa Bird Lodge 25th Jan 2008 © Sam Woods/Tropical Birding Nesting right now at Tandayapa, where there is also a Hoary Puffleg regularly coming to the hummingbird feeders on the lodge balcony. More

XC17257 :: Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis carmelitae) = Recording data Recordist Frank Lambert Date 06-07-2007 Time ? Country Colombia Location RNA El Dorado, Sierra de Santa Marta, Magdalena Longitude W74.2'55" Latitude N11. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Formicariidae
Genus : Grallaria
Species : guatimalensis
Authority : Prévost & Des Murs, 1842