Grallaria quitensis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The tawny antpitta, or western tawny antpitta, (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The tawny antpitta was long treated as having three subspecies. A 2003 publication suggested that each might be a full species. In 2016 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) recognized them as separate species, the western, northern, and southern tawny antpittas. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognized them in July 2023. The IOC retained the name tawny antpitta for Grallaria quitensis and named the other two the Boyaca antpitta (G. alticola) and the Atuen antpitta (G. atuensis). However, as of July 2024 the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society had not recognized the split, though it did acknowledge the 2003 publication's suggestion.
The tawny antpitta is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs between 58 and 81 g (2.0 and 2.9 oz). The sexes have the same... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Antpitta sighting in Quito on a given day, based on 99 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 59th most-seen of the 167 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June, September and November–April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Antpitta in Quito on a given day, against under 5% in May, July–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tawny Antpitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Quito, in our data
Quito is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tawny Antpitta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tawny Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Quito (99 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
