Great Antpitta

Grallaria excelsa

Near ThreatenedLegendaryInvertebratesForestCup nestMedium · 241 g

About the Great Antpitta

The great antpitta is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.

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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 great antpitta is 22.5 to 28 cm (8.9 to 11 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brown or olive ochre forecrown and a gray crown and nape with faint black scaling. The rest of their upperparts are olive-brown. They have white lores on an otherwise ochraceous to pale rufous face. They have a white to buffy-white throat with faint black stripes down the sides. Voice: The great antpitta's song, known only from the nominate subspecies, is "a long (4-6 sec), low-pitched, rubber-lipped trill, br'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'...r'r'r'r'r'ub...with barely perceptible rise in pitch and temp and abrupt ending". It also makes "a low, hollow du-du-du-du".

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Where it lives

Regular rangeRare visitor

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.

When to see it

Peak activity in May · a passage migrant species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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