White-throated Antpitta

About the White-throated Antpitta

The white-throated antpitta (Grallaria albigula) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. The white-throated antpitta's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Congress assigns it two subspecies, the nominate G. a. albigula (Chapman, 1923) and G. a. cinereiventris (Olrog & Contino, F, 1970). The Clements taxonomy and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World do not recognize G. a. cinereiventris and so treat the white-throated antpitta as monotypic.

This article follows the two-subspecies model. 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 white-throated antpitta is 18.5 to 20 cm (7.3 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 84 to 95 g (3.0 to 3.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a bright chestnut-rufous crown, nape, and ear coverts. They have grayish lores and a ring of pale bluish white bare skin around their eye. Their upperparts are mostly olivaceous-brown with reddish brown uppertail coverts and tail.... Wikipedia →