White-lored Antpitta

Myrmothera fulviventris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrubland41 g

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The white-lored antpitta is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long; three individuals weighed between 44 and 55 g (1.6 and 1.9 oz). The subspecies have the same plumage as do the sexes. Adults have a white loral patch and a white triangle behind their eye. Their crown, nape, and ear coverts are dark slaty gray. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dark olive-brown. Their throat is white with a black line from the bill through it. Their breast and sides are buffy ochraceous with dusky streaks, their belly white, and their flanks and crissum orange-rufous. Voice: The male white-lored antpitta's song is "a short slow series of 3-4 abrupt and hollow notes, e.g. 'kwoh-kwoh-kwoh-kwoh' ". It also "gives a faster and accelerating series of shorter notes, 'kow-kow-kow-kow-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko' ". The white-lored antpitta sings throughout the day, usually from a perch within 2 m (7 ft) of the ground.

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When to see the White-lored Antpitta

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

Where to see the White-lored Antpitta

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.

About the White-lored Antpitta

The white-lored antpitta or fulvous-bellied antpitta is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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