Speckle-breasted Antpitta

Cryptopezus nattereri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForest32 g

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The speckle-breasted antpitta is about 13.5 to 14 cm (5.3 to 5.5 in) long; two males weighed 31 and 33 g (1.1 and 1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have pale buff lores, a whitish "moustache", and a ring of bare buffy white skin around their eye. Their crown, nape, and upperparts are olive-brown. Their wings are browner than their back, with dark primary coverts that also have a small ochraceous spot. Their throat and the center of their belly are white. Voice: The speckle-breasted antpitta's song is a "short, fairly fast beautiful, fluted series of about 10 notes increasing in volume and pitch". It typically sings from a perch up to about 2 m (7 ft) above the ground. Its call is "a 1-second rattle...of 7 short, sharply downslurred notes".

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When to see the Speckle-breasted Antpitta

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Speckle-breasted Antpitta

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Speckle-breasted Antpitta

The speckle-breasted antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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