Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through human settlement, logging and conversion to agricultural is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Hooded Antpitta (Grallaricula cucullata) [XC676923]
by id from Otun Quimbaya, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia (song)
Hooded Antpitta (Grallaricula cucullata) [XC301994]
by Ross Gallardy from El Cedral, Risaralda, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
venezuelana Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1956 - North-western Venezuela (south-western Táchira and extreme western Apure) and central Colombia (eastern Cundinamarca).
cucullata (Sclater, 1856) - Colombia in western Andes (west of Cali), on western slope of central range (in Antioquia, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca), and on western slope of eastern chain (in Huila at head of Magdalena Valley; presumably also farther north).