Yellow-breasted Antpitta

About the Yellow-breasted Antpitta

The yellow-breasted antpitta (Grallaria flavotincta) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The yellow-breasted antpitta was originally described as a species. In the mid-twentieth century many authors treated it as a subspecies of the white-bellied antpitta (G. hypoleuca) but by the end of the century it had been returned to full species status.

The yellow-breasted antpitta is monotypic. Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills [and] very short tails". The yellow-breasted antpitta is 17 to 18 cm (6.7 to 7.1 in) long; one individual weighed 63 g (2.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a dusky gray forecrown and lores with pale bluish- or grayish white bare skin around the eye. Their crown, back, rump, wings, and tail are unmarked rufous brown. Their underparts are mostly white with an obvious yellow wash that is darkest on the throat and upper breast and becomes white on the sides, flanks, and lower belly. The rufous brown of their upperparts extends irregularly onto their sides, flanks... Wikipedia →