Chestnut-naped Antpitta

Grallaria nuchalis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 117 g

What the Chestnut-naped Antpitta sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut-naped Antpitta: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Cerro Plateado camp 3, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-naped Antpitta: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Chestnut-naped Antpitta: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Río Isimanchi at 2940 m, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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 chestnut-naped antpitta is 19.5 to 21 cm (7.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 104 to 122 g (3.7 to 4.3 oz). There is no plumage difference of the male and female. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dark chestnut crown and a rufous-chestnut hindcrown, nape, and face. They have gray lores and a patch of bare white skin behind the eye. Their upperparts and tail are brown. Their wings are mostly brown with tawny-brown primaries. Voice: The chestnut-naped antpitta sings mostly at dawn and dusk, and usually from a hidden low perch. Its "distinctive and often-heard song a series of 4-7 well-enunciated and emphatic whistled notes, the first set all similar but the last long and sharply upslurred, e.g. 'keeu, kew-kew-kew k-wheeeei?'".

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When to see the Chestnut-naped Antpitta

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

Where to see the Chestnut-naped Antpitta

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Chestnut-naped Antpitta

The chestnut-naped antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

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