Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Streak-chested Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus) - HBW 8, p. 709
French: Grallaire à lunettes
German: Westliche Brillenameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí de Anteojos
Other common names: Spectacled Antpitta; Lawrence’s Antpitta (perspicillatus), Lizano’s Antpitta (lizanoi), Talamanca Antpitta (intermedius)
Taxonomy: Grallaria perspicillata Lawrence, 1861, Isthmus of Panama.
Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- intermedius (Ridgway, 1884) - Caribbean slope from E Honduras S to W Panama.
- lizanoi (Cherrie, 1891) - Pacific slope in S Costa Rica (formerly E to W Chiriquí, in Panama).
- perspicillatus (Lawrence, 1861) - Panama (from Veraguas and Coclé) E to NW Colombia (N Chocó).
- intermedius (Ridgway, 1884) - Caribbean slope from E Honduras S to W Panama.
- lizanoi (Cherrie, 1891) - Pacific slope in S Costa Rica (formerly E to W Chiriquí, in Panama).
- perspicillatus (Lawrence, 1861) - Panama (from Veraguas and Coclé) E to NW Colombia (N Chocó).
- pallidior Todd, 1919 - Colombia in valleys of upper R Sinú, lower R Cauca and middle R Magdalena.
- periophthalmicus (Salvadori & Festa, 1898) - Pacific slope from W Colombia (Baudo Mts, in Chocó) S to to NW Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Close views of a bird singing on the forest floor Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp perspicillatus)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 4 years ago 22 sec 4.9 -
A bird singing on the forest floor, being answered by another individual Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp perspicillatus)
Dave Jackson 7 April 2007 4 years ago 24 sec 4.7 -
Streak-chested Antipitta vocalizing Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Cindy Beckman 24 April 2010 1 year ago 34 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a branch and leaving, and a bird on the ground and running away Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp lizanoi)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 7 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
An individual standing on a log in the dark forest understorey, sometimes fluffing its belly feathers Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp lizanoi)
Greg Baker 8 April 2001 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 25 sec 4 -
bird in the undergrowth Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Keith and Lynn Youngs 19 February 2012 7 weeks ago 28 sec 4
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Singing from log on the ground
Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
ben lascelles 22 April 2006 2 years ago 3 -
Lucky
Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 27 December 2009 1 year ago 2.8
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Alarm call given after the bird flushed off a path. Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp periophthalmicus)
Scott Olmstead 28 November 2008 2 years ago 4
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