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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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When to see the Great Antpitta
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Great Antpitta
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
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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Easily confused with
Ayacucho AntpittaGrallaria ayacuchensisThe Ayacucho antpitta is about 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long; one male (the holotype) weighed 48.4 g (1.7 oz).
Panao AntpittaGrallaria oneilliGrallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails".
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