Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Spotted Antpitta (Hylopezus macularius) - HBW 8, p. 709
French: Grallaire tachetée
German: Östliche Brillenameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí Moteado
Taxonomy: Pitta macularia Temminck, 1830, Brazil; error = Cayenne.
Formerly considered conspecific with H. auricularis, but differs distinctly in plumage, voice and habitat. All three races differ distinctly in voice, suggesting that they should perhaps be treated as full species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- macularius (Temminck, 1830) - NE Venezuela (Sierra de Imataca), the Guianas, and N Brazil E at least from Manaus and, S of R Amazon, between R Xingú and R Tocantins (Caxiuanã).
- diversus (J. T. Zimmer, 1934) - S Venezuela (region around Mt Duida, upper R Orinoco and Caño Casiquiare), SE Colombia (Loretoyacu, in extreme SE Amazonas), and NE Peru N of R Amazon (Iquitos, Puerto Indiana) and also S of R Marañón and W of R Ucayali (Pacaya-Samiria).
- paraensis (Snethlage, 1910) - Brazil along right bank of R Negro (Tomar), on N bank of R Solimões (Codajás) and, S of R Amazon, from left bank of R Madeira E to Belém and S to Rondônia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing while perched close to the ground. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp macularius)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 34 weeks ago 58 sec 4.7 -
Brief view of a bird foraging on the ground and jumping away. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp macularius)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 34 weeks ago 9 sec 3.2
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A bird singing, with inflated throat.
Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp macularius)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 34 weeks ago 2.8 -
A bird perched close to the ground.
Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp macularius)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 34 weeks ago 2.8
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A bird singing four times. Locality Cuieiras Biological Reserve, Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp macularius)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2011 34 weeks ago 5 -
Song. Locality San Isidro, Bolívar State, Venezuela
(ssp macularius)
Nick Athanas 20 October 2005 1 year ago 3.7
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