Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Plain-backed Antpitta (Grallaria haplonota) - HBW 8, p. 716
French: Grallaire à dos uni
German: Ockerbart-Ameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí Torero
Taxonomy: Grallaria haplonota P. L. Sclater, 1877, vicinity of Caracas, Venezuela.
Racial allocation of birds from Amazonian slope of E Andes, in Colombia, and of others tape-recorded in San Martín, in N Peru, not yet determined; both populations tentatively placed with chaplinae, but further study required. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- haplonota P. L. Sclater, 1877 - N Venezuela in interior chain in Lara, and coastal mountains (except Paria Peninsula).
- pariae Phelps, Sr. & Phelps, Jr., 1949 - Paria Peninsula.
- parambae Rothschild, 1900 - Pacific slope from W Colombia (Risaralda) to S Ecuador (El Oro).
- chaplinae Robbins & Ridgely, 1986 - Amazonian slope of E Andes in Colombia, and E Ecuador and N Peru (Cordillera del Cóndor in extreme N, also San Martín).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird skulking on the ground Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp haplonota)
Keith Blomerley 3 March 2006 5 years ago 22 sec 4 -
a male singing from inside thick understory Locality Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela
DAVID ASCANIO 15 April 2008 1 year ago 54 sec 3.8 -
a male singing from inside a thick understory Locality Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp pariae)
DAVID ASCANIO 15 April 2008 1 year ago 1 min 15 sec 3.8 -
An adult bird in the nest, arranging it and incubating. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp chaplinae)
Yanayacu Biological Station 24 April 2005 3 years ago 26 sec 3.7 -
An adult in the nest, standing up and preening. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp chaplinae)
Yanayacu Biological Station 24 April 2005 3 years ago 27 sec 3 -
An adult bird incubating and showing confort behaviour. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp chaplinae)
Yanayacu Biological Station 24 April 2005 3 years ago 37 sec 3
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Adult.
Locality Paso Portachuelo, Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp haplonota)
Jhonathan Miranda 1 January 2011 1 year ago 3.5
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Song of adult Locality Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp chaplinae)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 27 October 2011 26 weeks ago 4 -
Song. Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
(ssp parambae)
Nick Athanas 2 January 2002 2 years ago 3
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