This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at
the beautiful antpittas. Elusive study organisms for ornithologists and highly prized additions …

A new subspecies of Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri is described from the northern
Central Andes of Colombia, based on a single specimen at The Natural History Museum …

Antbirds (Formicariidae) have a well-deserved reputation as shy, secretive birds. These
attributes apply in particular to the poorly-known antpittas (Grallaria and allies). Although the …

The gnateaters (Conopophagidae) form a family of eight poorly known Neotropical
understory insectivores. Few studies have been conducted on gnateaters, and natural …

Antpittas (Grallariinae) are largely terrestrial birds that, together with the antthrushes, make
up the family of ground antbirds (Formicariidae) and are related to the typical antbirds …

Conclusions. The eggs described here for Plainbacked Antpitta are similar to those
described for others in the genus (review in Krabbe & Schulenberg 2003). The nest is similar …

The gnatcatchers, genus Polioptila, represent a well defined yet poorly taxon of New World
birds. Comprised of approximately 10 species (Paynt AOU 1983), the genus has generally …

Methods Specimens of G. nana and other Grallaricula species were studied at the following
institutions: American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH); Natural History …

Grallaricula peruviana es un pájaro muy raro, sólo conocido por pocos especímenes y por
ninguna observación en su hábitat natural. Encontremos el primer nido de este pájaro raro …

The book covers the evolution, biology and natural history of the group of flightless birds that
includes ostriches, emus, cassowaries and kiwis-the Ratites and their relatives, the …