Oxapampa Antpitta

Grallaria centralis

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedEndemicInvertebratesForest42 g

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The Oxapampa antpitta is about 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long; one female (the holotype) weighed 40.5 g (1.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have dark reddish brown head and upperparts. Their throat, breast, sides, and flanks are yellowish-red brown, their belly center yellower, their lower belly light buff with sometimes some pale gray mottling, and their undertail coverts like the belly center. They have a dark brown iris, a black bill, and blackish to dark gray legs and feet. Voice: The Oxapampa antpitta's vocalizations were part of the evidence used to define it as a species. Its "trilled long song" is " a fast series of short, clear, slightly downslurred ringing notes at c 2.5 kHz and lasting c 1.7-2.5s. The first few notes are very slightly higher in pitch, and the overall duration of individual notes remains constant or lengthens slightly.

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When to see the Oxapampa 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 Oxapampa Antpitta

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Oxapampa Antpitta

The Oxapampa antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Peru.

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