Sucre Antpitta

Grallaricula cumanensis

Vulnerable

The Sucre Antpitta is an antpitta of humid forests in Venezuela. 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: Despite their name and shape, antpittas are not closely related to the true pittas of the Old World.

Family

Grallariidae

Group

Antpittas

Range

Sucre Antpitta Range — Humid forests of Venezuela

Population

≈ Not quantified (declining)

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