antpitta

In 1998, four American bird-watchers looking for the rare Cundinamarca antpitta instead encountered a FARC comandante named Romaña, who took them prisoners.

With Rebels on the Run, Colombia 2009

Restricted range species however, are thought to include olive-chested flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus), brown nunlet (Nonnula brunnea), and Ochre-striped antpitta (Grallaria dignissima) to name a few.

Napo moist forests 2008

The gray-naped antpitta (Grallaria griseonucha) lives in the montane evergreen forest.

Venezuelan Andes montane forests 2008

Tamá Center, included in the Endemic Bird Area (EBA) of the Colombian East Andes, has restricted-ranges species like the Táchira antpitta (Grallaria chthonia) and hooded antpitta (Grallaricula cucullata) that are also present in the Colombian East Andes EBA.

Venezuelan Andes montane forests 2008

Apparently this antpitta is much like Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition; nobody expects it!

10,000 Birds 2009

We were rewarded for our endurance on the way down, when we finally saw our first antpitta.

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They were rewarded with more antpittas (at the Jocotoco antpitta feeding station) and other fun birds, while I tried not to let my pantlegs touch the filthy floor every time I used the toilet.

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We heard our first antpitta and spent ages trying to call it out, but to no avail.

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