White-bellied Antpitta Grallaria hypoleuca Scientific name definitions

Thomas S. Schulenberg, Edwin R. Price, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 2, 2012

Behavior

Introduction

Very little information. Forages on or very near the ground in dense understory, as do other species of Grallaria. Moves by running or hopping. Almost always concealed in dense vegetation, where difficult to observe (Hilty and Brown 1986, Ridgely and Greenfield 2001b, Krabbe and Schulenberg 2003, Schulenberg et al. 2007). May prefer to forage in areas freshly disturbed by other species: White-bellied Antpittas have been observed attending army ant swarms, following humans through the forest, and foraging in recently disturbed soil near humans (Greeney 2012).

Sings from a perch within 2 m of the ground (Krabbe and Schulenberg 2003).

Spacing

No information.

Sexual Behavior

Presumably socially monogamous.

Social and Interspecific Behavior

Like other species of Grallaria, the White-bellied Antpitta usually is solitary.

Predation

No instances reported of predation on White-bellied Antpitta?

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S., E. R. Price, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). White-bellied Antpitta (Grallaria hypoleuca), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbant3.01
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