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Saturday, October 11, 2025

Tatama Tapaculo (Scytalopus alvarezlopezi) - 13Aug2024

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The Tatama Tapaculo is another Colombian endemic that was only recently described by science.  It was first seen in 1992 but only formally d...

Stiles's Tapaculo (Scytalopus stilesi) - 12Aug2024

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This Colombian endemic was only described by science in 2005!  It was previously thrown in with the Ecuadorean Tapaculo complex but close co...

Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx) - 19Aug2024

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Tapaculos are notoriously hard to see and if you do they are usually darting in the undergrowth making getting a decent photo agonizingly di...

Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) - 19Aug2024

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This small and exceedingly cute Antpitta is found in Colombia and Ecuador.  As you can see this is one of the species that comes to feeders ...

Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus) - 05Aug2019

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This is the type of picture that people would get of Antpittas before they started feeding and luring them in for photos.  We actually had t...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Boyaca Antpitta (Grallaria alticola) - 07Aug2024

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The Boyaca Antpitta is super interesting because it is one of very few Antpittas that are not hard to see out in the open without any type l...

Equatorial Antpitta (Grallaria saturata) - 19Aug2024

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The Equatorial Antpitta is another of the 15 species split out from what was formerly known as the Rufous Antpitta. I think the Equatorial o...