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ForestCup nestMedium · 71 g
What the Moustached 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 moustached antpitta is 16.5 to 17 cm (6.5 to 6.7 in) long; two males weighed 64 and 77 g (2.3 and 2.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a light olive brown forecrown and a slate gray crown and nape with thin blackish edges on the feathers. They have white lores, olive brown ear coverts, and a wide white "moustache" with thin black streaks in it. Voice: The moustached antpitta's song is "a slightly ascending series of hollow notes that gradually become louder; higher pitched and slower paced than Scaled Antpitta's song" (which see here).
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When to see the Moustached Antpitta
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Moustached Antpitta
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Moustached Antpitta
The moustached antpitta is a Vulnerable species of bird placed in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
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).
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".
Bicolored AntpittaGrallaria rufocinereaGrallaria 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: Moustached Antpitta vs Plain-backed Antpitta · Brown-banded Antpitta vs Moustached Antpitta · Bicolored Antpitta vs Moustached Antpitta
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