Rufous-faced antpitta
| Rufous-faced antpitta | |
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1890 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Grallaria |
| Species: | G. erythrotis |
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| Grallaria erythrotis Sclater & Salvin, 1876 | |
The rufous-faced antpitta (Grallaria erythrotis) is a species of bird in the Grallariidae family. It is endemic to Bolivia.
This antpitta has dark olivaceous-gray to olivaceous-brown upperparts and tail. Its lores, face, and side of the neck are orange rufous. The throat and belly are white, with the breast orange rufous with faint white streaking. It measures 18.5 cm (7.3 in) long and weighs 61.2 g (2.16 oz).[2]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Grallaria erythrotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Greeney, H.F. (2013). Schulenberg, T.S., ed. "Rufous-faced Antpitta (Grallaria erythrotis)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 8 July 2014. External link in
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- BirdLife species factsheet for Grallaria erythrotis
- Grallaria erythrotis on Avibase
- Rufous-faced antpitta videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Rufous-faced antpitta photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Grallaria erythrotis at IUCN Red List maps
- Audio recordings of Rufous-faced antpitta on Xeno-canto.
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