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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 pale-billed antpitta is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 96 to 124 g (3.4 to 4.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black forecrown, lores, and cheeks. Their ear coverts have black bases and blackish brown ends. Their crown is blackish brown that becomes dark olivaceous brown on their nape. Their back and rump are dark olivaceous brown with thin black tips on the feathers. Their tail is dusky brown. Voice: The pale-billed antpitta's song is "a series of low hoots, first a higher note, then a stuttered series of lower notes: WHEE wur'KUK-KUK-KUK-KUK KUK". Its call is "a series of high, metallic teet notes".
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When to see the Pale-billed Antpitta
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pale-billed Antpitta
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pale-billed Antpitta
The pale-billed antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Peru.
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Easily confused with
Urrao AntpittaGrallaria urraoensisThe bird most closely resembles the brown-banded antpitta, which is endemic to the Cordillera Central of Colombia, but it has a slate-grey breast and lacks the brown flanks and breast band of the other species.
Ochre-striped AntpittaGrallaria dignissimaGrallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills very short tails".
Grey-naped AntpittaGrallaria griseonuchaGrallaria 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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