Grallaria alleni
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The moustached antpitta (Grallaria alleni) is a Vulnerable species of bird placed in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. It and the scaled antpitta (G. guatimalensis) form a superspecies, and some authors have suggested that they are conspecific.
The species' specific epithet honors Arthur A. Allen, who collected the type specimen in 1911 and later founded the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Grallaria antpittas are a "wonderful group of plump and round antbirds whose feathers are often fluffed up...they have stout bills [and] very short tails". The moustached antpitta is 16.5 to 17 cm (6.5 to 6.7 in) long; two males weighed 64 and 77 g (2.3 and 2.7 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a light olive brown forecrown and a slate gray crown and nape with thin blackish edges on the feathers. They have white lores, olive brown ear coverts, and a wide white "moustache" with thin black streaks in it. Their upperparts are dark rufescent... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Moustached Antpitta sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 400 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 121st most-seen of the 424 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.
February–March, May–June, August and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Moustached Antpitta in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, April, July and September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Moustached Antpitta sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Los Nevados National Natural Park, in our data
Los Nevados National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Moustached Antpitta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Grallaria
The closest relatives of the Moustached Antpitta that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (genus Grallaria, Large Antpittas) are Tawny Antpitta (about 40%), Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (about 20%) and Bicolored Antpitta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Moustached Antpitta is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (400 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
