Thrush-like Antpitta

Myrmothera campanisona

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 47 g

What the Thrush-like Antpitta sounds like

Sonogram of the Thrush-like Antpitta: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Thrush-like Antpitta: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Thrush-like Antpitta: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The thrush-like antpitta is about 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) long and weighs between 39.5 and 64 g (1.4 and 2.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage and the subspecies differ little from each other. Adults of the nominate subspecies M. c. campanisona have a small white spot behind their eye. Most of the rest of their face is rufous-brown with slightly paler and grayer lores. Their crown, nape, upperparts, and tail are rufous-brown. Their wings are mostly rufous-brown with dark brown inner webs and paler edges on the flight feathers. Their throat and underparts are white. Voice: The thrush-like antpitta typically sings from the ground or a low perch within dense vegetation. One description of its song, from Ecuador, is "a series of 4-6 hollow whistled notes, delivered quite quickly, 'whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh' " and may be repeated for long stretches.

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When to see the Thrush-like Antpitta

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

Where to see the Thrush-like Antpitta

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Thrush-like Antpitta

The thrush-like antpitta is a species of bird in the antpitta family Grallariidae. It is native to Amazonia.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Thicket Antpitta vs Thrush-like Antpitta

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