Puno Antpitta

About the Puno Antpitta

The Puno antpitta (Grallaria sinaensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The Puno antpitta was described by Mark B. Robbins, Morton L. Isler, R. Terry Chesser and Joseph Tobias in 2020 as a member of the rufous antpitta complex. The International Ornithological Committee and the Clements taxonomy recognized the new species in 2021. However, as of early 2024 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) did not recognize it.

The Puno antpitta's specific epithet sinaensis comes from the species' type locality, the Sina District in the Department of Puno, Peru. The common name is from that department. The Puno antpitta is monotypic. It and the Bolivian antpitta (G. cochabambae) are sister species.

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 holotype Puno antpitta, a male, weighed 34.2 g (1.2 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dark reddish yellow-brown crown, upperparts, wings, and tail with lighter edges on the flight feathers. They... Wikipedia →