Spectacled Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus)

Other Names (World)
Streak-chested Antpitta, Spectacled Antpitta, Lawrence's Antpitta (perspicillatus), Lizano's Antpitta (lizanoi), Talamanca Antpitta (intermedius)

Family
Grallariidae (Antpittas)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1861)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,250 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (62)...)

Streak-chested Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus) [XC499146]
by Alain Malengreau from Carara NP Loop trail, Costa Rica (song)

Streak-chested Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus) [XC871982]
by Carlos Delgado JUMABITA from San Cipriano, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

intermedius (Ridgway, 1884) - Caribbean slope from eastern Honduras south to western Panama.
lizanoi (Cherrie, 1891) - Pacific slope in southern Costa Rica (formerly east to western Chiriqu��, in Panama).
perspicillatus (Lawrence, 1861) - Panama (from Veraguas and Cocl�) east to north-western Colombia (northern Choc�).
pallidior Todd, 1919 - Colombia in valleys of upper R Sin�, lower R Cauca and middle R Magdalena.
periophthalmicus (Salvadori & Festa, 1898) - Pacific slope from western Colombia (Baudo Mts, in Choc�) south to to north-western Ecuador.

References
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Files:

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