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Donkees

(32,437 posts) Thu Jan 12, 2023, 04:31 AM Jan 2023

Chestnut-naped Antpitta - Ecuador

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Large and striking antpitta found from Colombia to extreme northwestern Peru. Typical antpitta shape: plump and short-tailed with long legs. Brown above and medium slaty gray below with rich rufous crown that bleeds into brown head. Small pale patch behind eye. Sexes alike. Shy and very difficult to see; stays on or near the ground in montane forest, usually associated with bamboo thickets. Found from 2,000–3,000 m. Best seen by walking slowly and quietly along forest trails in the early morning or evening; has also been trained to eat worms at several reserves in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Chestnut-naped Antpitta - Ecuador (Original Post) Donkees Jan 2023 OP

I am not a member of the Birders Group cyclonefence Jan 2023 #1

The birds thank you for feeding them and caring. So many of them around the world are endangered Donkees Jan 2023 #2

cyclonefence

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1. I am not a member of the Birders Group

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Thu Jan 12, 2023, 05:59 AM

Jan 2023

I see these posts on Latest Posts. I want to say thank you to all you birders, especially Donkees, who post these delicious photos and videos of exotic and domestic animals. I have feeders in the backyard and enjoy watching the rascals out there, but without your photos I'd never know the bird world beyond my chickadees.

Donkees

(32,437 posts)

2. The birds thank you for feeding them and caring. So many of them around the world are endangered