Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Rufous-crowned Antpitta (Pittasoma rufopileatum) - HBW 8, p. 731
French: Grallaire à sourcils noirs
German: Rostscheitel-Ameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí Capirrufo
Taxonomy: Pittasoma rufopileatum Hartert, 1901, Bulún, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
In view of the species’ variable plumage, race harterti may be synonym of nominate, the two being geographically close, with no dispersal barriers between their ranges. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rosenbergi Hellmayr, 1911 - Pacific slope of Colombia in C & S Chocó.
- harterti Chapman, 1917 - S Colombia in W Nariño (Barbacoas, Guaycana).
- rufopileatum Hartert, 1901 - NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Pichincha).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A female flicking its wings and looking back, then, jumping off Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp rosenbergi)
Garry George 26 May 2005 5 years ago 27 sec 4.6
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Adult male.
Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (ssp rufopileatum)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 2 August 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
adult male perched in the understory
Locality Mangaloma Reserve, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp rufopileatum)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 27 January 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
A male perched on a log in the understory
Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (ssp rufopileatum)
orthonyx 24 February 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult male.
Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (ssp rufopileatum)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 5 November 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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Song of adult male. Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp rufopileatum )
Dusan Brinkhuizen 2 August 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
Excitement calls of an adult male Locality Mangaloma Reserve, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp rufopileatum)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 27 January 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
full song of an adult male Locality Mangaloma Reserve, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp rufopileatum)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 27 January 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
soft song of an adult male Locality Mangaloma Reserve, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp rufopileatum)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 27 January 2010 3 years ago 4
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