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Rufous-crowned Antpitta
Pittasoma rufopileatum Hartert, EJO, 1901
Conopophagidae — Gnateaters
Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Pittasoma rufopileatum, is a passerine of the gnateater family found in western Colombia and north-west Ecuador. It was described by Hartert in 1901. Its breeding range lies on the Pacific slope, from south-west Colombia into north-west Ecuador, where it lives in humid forest in the lowlands and foothills of the Chocó region up to 1,100 m. The species is split into three subspecies, with the nominate form in Ecuador and the other two in Colombia. It is also known for a rufous crown and a black band below it.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Conopophagidae — Gnateaters
- Breeding range
- South America: w Colombia to nw Ecuador
