Perija Antpitta

Grallaria saltuensis

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesForestSmall · 36 g

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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 Perija antpitta is about 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have buff brown to olive brown upperparts with whitish bases on the forecrown feathers. They have deep olive buff lores, a thin and indistinct whitish eyering, and brownish ear coverts. Their wings are mostly buff brown to olive brown with gray brown to brownish olive outer edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is buffy gray brown. Voice: The Perija antpitta's long song is a "descending series of 10–20 notes uttered at an average pace of about 5 notes/s and with a frequency drop from start to end of about 500 Hz. Notes are typically pure and overslurred, and they reach a maximum frequency at the start of about 3.5k Hz. The pace accelerates towards the end." Its short song is a "flat-pitched trill, lasting 0.4‒0.

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When to see the Perija Antpitta

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Perija Antpitta

Regular range

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About the Perija Antpitta

The Perija antpitta is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to the Serranía del Perijá on the border of Colombia and Venezuela.

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