Boyaca Antpitta

Grallaria alticola

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesShrublandMedium · 66 g

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The Boyaca antpitta is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and apparently weighs between 45 and 60 g (1.6 and 2.1 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have pale buff lores and are whitish around the eye on an otherwise olive brown to rufous olive face. They have mostly pale brown to olive brown crown, nape, back, wings, and tail. Their crown and back have a slight gray wash and their rump is browner, almost clay-colored. Their primaries have pale buff leading edges and blackish to blackish olive trailing vanes. Their chin and throat are whitish. Voice: Despite its generally open habitat, the Boyaca antpitta is more often heard than seen. Its vocalization was the principal reason it was recognized as a species. Its song is "an initial overslurred note, a short pause, and then 3‒5 notes in a stuttered series" that lasts about 1.0 to 1.5 seconds. Its call is a single repeated note.

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When to see the Boyaca Antpitta

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Boyaca Antpitta

Regular range

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About the Boyaca Antpitta

The Boyaca antpitta, or northern tawny antpitta, is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Colombia.

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