Hooded Antpitta

Grallaricula cucullata (Sclater, PL, 1856)

Grallariidae — Antpittas

Hooded Antpitta, Grallaricula cucullata, is a bird of humid montane forest undergrowth in north-west Venezuela and western Colombia. It is a resident of the Andes, where it occurs in dense low vegetation on slopes and in similar sheltered places. The species is an antpitta in the family Grallariidae and was first described in 1856. It is a very small bird with the sexes alike. Adults show a bright orange-rufous hood over the head, neck and throat, with olive-brown upperparts and tail, pale grey breast sides, and white on the lower breast and belly.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Grallariidae — Antpittas
Breeding range: South America: nw Venezuela and w Colombia