About the White-lored Antpitta
The white-lored antpitta or fulvous-bellied antpitta (Myrmothera fulviventris) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The white-lored antpitta was originally described in 1858 as Grallaria fulviventris. It was later transferred to genus Hylopezus and still later to Myrmothera.
What is now the thicket antpitta (M. dives) was previously a third subspecies of it, with the combined species called the "fulvous-bellied antpitta". The white-lored antpitta is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long; three individuals weighed between 44 and 55 g (1.6 and 1.9 oz). The subspecies have the same plumage as do the sexes. Adults have a white loral patch and a white triangle behind their eye. Their crown, nape, and ear coverts are dark slaty gray. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are dark olive-brown. Their throat is white with a black line from the bill through it. Their breast and sides are buffy ochraceous with dusky streaks, their belly white, and their flanks and crissum... Wikipedia →