Plain-backed Antpitta
Grallaria haplonota
(L 6.25")
Found in the Andes of
Ecuador and the Venezuelan
Coastal Range...uncommon.
Wildsumaco Lodge
14Mar2017
...is one of the hardest of the
Grallariidae to actually catch a
glimpse of.
(Cornell Lab - Neotropical birds)
Grallaria in Latin means
stilts;
haplonota is Greek
for
plain backed.
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Robbins
Macaulay
Library
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