How do you identify an Alta Floresta Antpitta?

The Alta Floresta antpitta is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs about 40 to 47 g (1.4 to 1.7 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.

Where can you see an Alta Floresta Antpitta?

The Alta Floresta Antpitta is endemic to Brazil, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to an Alta Floresta Antpitta?

The Alta Floresta Antpitta is most easily confused with the White-browed Antpitta, the Masked Antpitta and the Spotted Antpitta.

Alta Floresta Antpitta

Hylopezus whittakeri

Antpittas · Passeriformes · Rare

The Alta Floresta Antpitta (Hylopezus whittakeri) is a rare antpitta found only in Brazil. The Alta Floresta antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae.

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About the Alta Floresta Antpitta

The Alta Floresta antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

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How to identify it

The Alta Floresta antpitta is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs about 40 to 47 g (1.4 to 1.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have buffy-orange lores and ring around the eye with a thin black crescent between them. Their ear coverts are speckled with blackish, grayish, and buff and have a black streak below them. Their forehead, crown, and nape are dark gray with blackish streaks at its lower edge. Their upperparts are olive-brown. Their wings are mostly olive-brown with a black rectangle and buffy bars showing on the coverts. Voice: The Alta Floresta antpitta's song is "composed of 5 (rarely 4 or 6) whistled notes with identical shapes, in which the second and third notes are separated by an unusually long interval".

Where it lives

Brazil

When to see it

Best months: January, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in August. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify an Alta Floresta Antpitta?: The Alta Floresta antpitta is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs about 40 to 47 g (1.4 to 1.7 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
Where can you see an Alta Floresta Antpitta?: The Alta Floresta Antpitta is endemic to Brazil, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to an Alta Floresta Antpitta?: The Alta Floresta Antpitta is most easily confused with the White-browed Antpitta, the Masked Antpitta and the Spotted Antpitta.

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