Giant Antpitta

Grallaria gigantea

Vulnerable

The Giant Antpitta is an antpitta of humid forests in Ecuador. A plump, almost tailless bird with long legs, it hops across the shaded forest floor and low understorey, pausing upright to search the leaf litter for insects, worms, and other small prey. Classified as Vulnerable, it is threatened mainly by the clearing and fragmentation of its forest habitat. Fun fact: Several antpittas have been coaxed into the open at forest feeding stations, where they come for earthworms.

Family

Grallariidae

Group

Antpittas

Range

Giant Antpitta Range — Humid forests of Ecuador

Population

≈ Not quantified (declining)

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