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What the Bicolored Antpitta sounds like
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Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails". The bicolored antpitta is 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) long; one individual weighed 44.8 g (1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly rufous-brown or ferruginous red head, throat, upperparts, wings, and tail, though the throat is slightly more rufous than the rest and has some grayish mottling. Their underparts are mostly gray to sooty gray with a whitish central belly and whitish edges on the breast, side, and flank feathers. Voice: The male bicolored antpitta sings "a high, clear, whistled treeeee or treeeeeuh". Females apparently answer with "a kree-kree-kree-kree-kree-kree".
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When to see the Bicolored Antpitta
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bicolored Antpitta
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Bicolored Antpitta
The bicolored antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Plain-backed AntpittaGrallaria haplonotaGrallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails".
Brown-banded AntpittaGrallaria milleriThe brown-banded antpitta is 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 50 to 55 g (1.8 to 1.9 oz).
Muisca AntpittaGrallaria rufulaGrallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails".
Side by side: Bicolored Antpitta vs Undulated Antpitta · Bicolored Antpitta vs Muisca Antpitta · Bicolored Antpitta vs Plain-backed Antpitta · Bicolored Antpitta vs Brown-banded Antpitta · Bicolored Antpitta vs Moustached Antpitta
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