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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Chestnut-naped Antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis) - 20Aug2024

Here is another of the Antpittas that entrepreneurs in Colombia have established a symbiotic relationship with.  The Antpittas get a reliable source of food with worms and grubs, they get their habitat protected and the locals get money from visiting birders.  Everyone wins.  This one was a good 20 minute hike into the forest so it felt a little more satisfying than the ones we saw on the sides of roads.  Some of the Antpittas have a comical or friendly look to them, but this one was kind of angry looking.  That being said it jumped up into my outstretched hand to take a worm so he wasn't as angry as he looks.  


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