The antpittas are forest birds that tend to feed on insects at or near the ground since many are specialist ant eaters. Most are drab in appearance with shades of (rusty) brown, black, and white being their dominant tones. Compared to other birds that specialize in following ants, this family is the most tied to the ground. The long, powerful legs (which lend the birds a distinctive upright posture) and an essentially vestigial tail aid this lifestyle.
Thare are related to antbirds of family Grallariidae and the antthrushes of family Formicariidae.
Genus Grallaria
These antpittas are plump, have very short tail, and long legs.
Antpitta,_Bay Grallaria capitalis Found: Peru
The Bay Antpitta has mainly rufous-chestnut plumage; white or buff center of belly.
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Antpitta,_Bicolored Grallaria rufocinerea Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Bicolored Antpitta has rufous upperparts; reddish head; gray underparts
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Columbia 2) Felix_Uribe - Columbia
Antpitta,_Brown-banded Grallaria milleri Found: Columbia
The Brown-banded Antpitta has dark brown upperparts; gray lores; pale gray throat; brownish breast, flanks.
Image by: 1) Dave Curtis - Columbia 2) Francesco Veronesi - Columbia 3) Nick_Athanas
Antpitta,_Chestnut Grallaria blakei Found: Peru
The Chestnut Antpitta has mainly chestnut plumage with whitish belly.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick Athanas
Antpitta,_Chestnut-crowned Grallaria ruficapilla Found Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta has olive-brown upperparts; orange-rufous head, nape; white throat; white underparts with black-brown streaking on flanks.
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Antpitta,_Chestnut-naped Grallaria nuchalis Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Chestnut-naped Antpitta has rufous-brown upperparts; brightest on head; gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador 2) Alejandro_Bayer Tamayo 3) Edwar H Guarín
Antpitta,_Cundinamarca Grallaria kaestneri Found: Columbia
The Cundinamarca Antpitta has olive-brown upperparts; grayish-olive breast with narrow white streaking.;
Image by: 1) Peter Kaestner
Antpitta,_Elusive Grallaria eludens Found: Brazil, Peru
The Elusive Antpitta has heavy black streaking on underparts.
Similar to: Ochre-striped Antpitta. Ochre-striped Antpitta has rich tawny-rufous throat, breast; Elusive has white throat.
Image by: 1) Hbw.comSimilar to: Ochre-striped Antpitta. Ochre-striped Antpitta has rich tawny-rufous throat, breast; Elusive has white throat.
Antpitta,_Giant Grallaria gigantea Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Giant Antpitta has dark brown upperpart; grayer crown, nape; rufous underparts, finely barred.
Similar to: Great Antippa. Ranges of Giant Antpitta and Great Antpitta do not overlap.
Similar to: Undulated Antpitta. The Giant Antpitta has finer barring on underparts than Undulated Antpitta.
Image by: 1) Don Faulkner - Ecuador 2) PE_Hart - Ecuador 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 4) Joseph Boone - EcuadorSimilar to: Great Antippa. Ranges of Giant Antpitta and Great Antpitta do not overlap.
Similar to: Undulated Antpitta. The Giant Antpitta has finer barring on underparts than Undulated Antpitta.
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Antpitta,_Gray-naped Grallaria griseonucha Found: Venezuela
The Gray-naped Antpitta has dark brown upperparts, crown; gray nape patch; rufous underparts.
Image by: 1) Guy Tudor 
Antpitta,_Great Grallaria excelsa Found: Venezuela
Similar to: Giant Antippa. Ranges of Giant Antpitta and Great Antpitta do not overlap.
Image by: 1) David Ascanio 3) Pinned
Antpitta,_Jocotoco Grallaria ridgelyi Found: Ecuador, Peru
The Jocotoco Antpitta has brownish-olive upperparts; black cap; white throat, cheek patch; light gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Patty McGann 2, 3) Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador 4) Nick_Athanas - Ecuafor
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Antpitta,_Moustached Grallaria alleni Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Moustached Antpitta has slate-gray crown, nape; broad white noustachial stripe; cinnamon flanks, under-tail coverts.
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Antpitta,_Ochre-striped Grallaria dignissima Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Ochre-striped Antpitta has rufous throat, breast; black-on-white streaking on belly, flanks.
Similar to: Elusive Antpitta. Ochre-striped Antpitta has rich tawny-rufous throat, breast; Elusive has white throat.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - EcuadorSimilar to: Elusive Antpitta. Ochre-striped Antpitta has rich tawny-rufous throat, breast; Elusive has white throat.
Antpitta,_Pale-billed Grallaria carrikeri Found: Peru
The Pale-billed Antpitta has brown upperparts; black head; dark gray underparts; pale ivory bill.
Image by: 1) Carlos Calle
Antpitta,_Plain-backed Grallaria haplonota Found: Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador
Antpitta,_Red-and-white Grallaria erythroleuca Found: Peru
The Red-and-white Antpitta has brown upperparts; rufous head, nape; white underparts with white and rufous flanks.
Image by: 1) Kristian Svensson - Peru
Antpitta,_Rufous Grallaria rufula Found: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuel
The Rufous Antpitta has mainly rufous plumage; pale eye-ring.
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Antpitta,_Rufous-faced Grallaria erythrotis Found: Bolivia
The Rufous-faced Antpitta has olive-gray to olive-brown upperparts; orange-rufous face, side of neck; whitish throat; orange-rufous breast; paler belly.
Image by: 1) Joseph Smit 2) Paul Jones - Bolivia
Antpitta,_Rusty-tinged Grallaria przewalskii Found: Peru
The Rusty-tinged Antpitta has dark rufous-brown upperparts; pale gray forecrown; rufous-chestnut on sides of neck and mantle; mainly white underparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick_Athanas
Antpitta,_Santa Marta Grallaria bangsi Found: Columbia
The Santa Marta Antpitta has dark brown upperparts; tawny throat; white underparts with dusky streaks, white eye-ring.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick_Athanas 
Antpitta,_Scaled Grallaria guatimalensis Found: Mexico, Central America, South America
The Scaled Antpitta has has grayish or brownish-olive upperparts; tawny underparts. The feathers of the crown and back are narrowly tipped with black, giving it the scaled pattern for which this species is named.
Image by: 1) Jorge Montejo - Mexico 2) Chris Birder - Ecuador 3) Juan_Noreña_Tobón 4) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador
Antpitta,_Stripe-headed Grallaria andicolus Found: Bolivia, Peru
The Stripe-headed Antpitta has brown upperparts; narrow pale streaks on crown; bold pattern of streaks and dots on face, underparts.
Image by: 1) Ian Davies - Peru
Antpitta,_Tawny Grallaria quitensis Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The Tawny Antpitta has dull olive-brown upperparts; tawny underparts.
Image by: 1) Francesco_Veronesi - Columbia 2) Jei_Pov Michael Woodruff - Ecuador 
Antpitta,_Undulated Grallaria squamigera Found: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
The Undulated Antpitta has dark brown upperpart; grayer crown, nape; orange-buff underparts heavily barred.
Similar to: Giant Antpitta. The Giant Antpitta has finer barring on underparts than Undulated Antpitta.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Peru 2) Andreas_Kay - Ecuador 3) vivianamarincSimilar to: Giant Antpitta. The Giant Antpitta has finer barring on underparts than Undulated Antpitta.
Antpitta,_Urrao Grallaria urraoensis Found: Columbia
The Urrao Antpitta has olive-brown upperparts; more brownish tail; pale gray lores and orbital region; light gray throat; olive-gray breast; paler central belly.
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Antpitta,_Variegated Grallaria varia Found: South America
|Image by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches 3) Carlos_Henrique
Antpitta,_Watkins's Grallaria watkinsi Found: Ecuador, Peru
The Watkins's Antpitta has mainly olive-brown upperparts; reddish-brown crown; white underparts with streaks on breast, flanks.
Image by: 1) Josh Jones - Peru 2) Pinned
Antpitta,_White-bellied Grallaria hypoleuca Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
The White-bellied Antpitta has reddish-brown upperparts; grayish white underparts with a whiter throat.
Similar to: Yellow-breasted Antpitta. Except for their underparts, the hite-bellied Antpitta and the Yellow-breasted Antpitta are very similar. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi - Ecuador 2) Brendan_Ryan - Ecuador 3) Francesco_Veronesi - EcuadorSimilar to: Yellow-breasted Antpitta. Except for their underparts, the hite-bellied Antpitta and the Yellow-breasted Antpitta are very similar. Their ranges do not overlap.
Antpitta,_White-throated Grallaria albigula Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
The White-throated Antpitta has brown upperparts; chestnut-rufous head; white throat; gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Eduardo Prancetti
Antpitta,_Yellow-breasted Grallaria flavotincta Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Yellow-breasted Antpitta has chestnut or rufous-brown upperparts; white eye-ring; pale yellow underparts.
Similar to: White-bellied Antpitta. Except for their underparts, the hite-bellied Antpitta and the Yellow-breasted Antpitta are very similar. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Nigel Voaden - Ecuador 2) Vince Smith - Columbia 3) PE Hart - Ecuador 4) Don_Faulkner - EcuadorSimilar to: White-bellied Antpitta. Except for their underparts, the hite-bellied Antpitta and the Yellow-breasted Antpitta are very similar. Their ranges do not overlap.
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Genus Grallaricula
Antpitta,_Crescent-faced Grallaricula lineifrons Found: Columbia, Ecuador
The Crescent-faced Antpitta has dark-brown upperparts; slate-gray crown , nape; bold white crescent in front of each eye; whitish underparts with black streaking.
Image by: 1) Jacob Cooper - Ecuador
Antpitta,_Hooded Grallaricula cucullata Found: Columbia and Venezuela near border
The Hooded Antpitta has olive-brown upperparts; orange-rufous head, nape; unmarked pale gray underparts.
Image by: 1) Oscar_Marin-Gomez - Columbia 
Antpitta,_Ochre-breasted Grallaricula flavirostris Found: Costa Rica south to Ecuador
The Ochre-breasted Antpitta has olive-brown upperparts; ochre breast; white belly.
Image by: 1, 2) Dick Culbert - Ecuador 3) Tony Castro - Ecuador
Antpitta,_Ochre-fronted Grallaricula ochraceifrons Found: Peru
The Ochre-fronted Antpitta has brown upperparts; ochre fore-crown (male); fuzzy eye-ring; white underparts with black streaks.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick Athanas - Peru1) Female 2) Male
Antpitta,_Peruvian Grallaricula peruviana Found: Ecuador, Peru
The Peruvian Antpitta has brown upperparts; broad yellow eye-ring; white throat with 2 black stripes; white breast with black scalloping; white belly.
Image by: 1) Ana Agreda - Ecuador 2) Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador
Antpitta,_Rusty-breasted Grallaricula ferrugineipectus Found: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
The Rusty-breasted Antpitta has brown upperparts; rufous-brown crown; small whitish spot behind eye; rufous-buff or tawny-brown throat, breast..
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador
Antpitta,_Scallop-breasted Grallaricula loricata Found: Venezuela
The male Scallop-breasted Antpitta has brown upperparts; orange-rufous head.
Image by: 1) David Ascanio - Venezuela
Antpitta,_Slate-crowned Grallaricula nana Found: Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela
The Slate-crowned Antpitta has brown upperparts; slate-gray crown; small whitish spot behind eye; unmarked rufous underparts.
Image by: 1) Francesco Veronesi - Columbia 2) Alejandro Tamayo 3) Brendan_Ryan - Columbia
Antpitta,_Sucre Grallaricula cumanensis Found: northeast Venezuela
The Sucre Antpitta has dark brown upperparts; slate-gray crown, nape; rufous underparts with white belly.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick_Athanas 
Genus Hylopezus
Antpitta,_Alta Floresta Hylopezus whittakeri Found: Brazil
Image by: 1) Birding Brazil Tours
Antpitta,_Amazonian Hylopezus berlepschi Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
The Amazonian Antpitta has brown upperparts; white throat; tan underparts with dark streaking over breast.
Image by: 1) Joao Quental
Antpitta,_Masked Hylopezus auricularis Found: Bolivia
The Masked Antpitta has olive-brown upperparts, tail; gray crown, nape; white lores; black face mask; white throat; white underparts except black and olive streaked upper-breast.
Image by: 1) Vincent Vos
Antpitta,_Snethlage's Hylopezus paraensis Found: Brazil
The Snethlage's Antpitta was formerly a subspecies of the Spotted Antpitta.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil
Antpitta,_Speckle-breasted Hylopezus nattereri Found: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
The Speckle-breasted Antpitta has gray-brown upperparts; white eye-ring; mainly pale underparts with dark speckling.
Similar to: White-browed Antpitta. The White-browed Antpitta has white rear eye-brow; Speckle-breasted Antpitta does not have a supercilium.
Image by: 1) Claudio Timm - BrazilSimilar to: White-browed Antpitta. The White-browed Antpitta has white rear eye-brow; Speckle-breasted Antpitta does not have a supercilium.
Antpitta,_Spotted Hylopezus macularius Found: South America
Image by: 1) Nortondefeis 2) Claudio_Timm
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Antpitta,_Streak-chested Hylopezus perspicillatus Found: Central America, Columbia, Ecuador
The Streak-chested Antpitta has brown upperparts; bold white eye-ring; pale lores; white thoat, belly; streaked breast.
Image by: 1) Don Faulkner - Costa Rica 2) Zak_Pohlen - Panama 3) Dave_Curtis - Panama 4) Aaron_Maizlish - Panama 5) Nick_Athanas - Panama
Antpitta,_Thicket Hylopezus dives Found: Central America, Columbia, Ecuador
The Thicket Antpitta has dark olive-brown upperparts; whitish throat, belly; orange-rufous flanks; buff breast with blackish streaks.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Costa Rica
Antpitta,_White-browed Hylopezus ochroleucus Found: Brazil
The White-browed Antpitta has gray-brown upperparts; white eye-ring, throat; white rear eye-brow; white breast with dark streaks.
Similar to: Speckle-breasted Antpitta. The White-browed Antpitta has white rear eye-brow; Speckle-breasted Antpitta does not have a supercilium.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas. 2) Hector_Bottai - BrazilSimilar to: Speckle-breasted Antpitta. The White-browed Antpitta has white rear eye-brow; Speckle-breasted Antpitta does not have a supercilium.
Antpitta,_White-lored Hylopezus fulviventris Found: Columbia. Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador
Genus Myrmothera
These antpittas have brownish upperpart; pale mark behind eye.
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Antpitta,_Tepui Myrmothera simplex Found: southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil
The Tepui Antpitta has chestnut-brown upperparts; pale mark behind eye; grayish or brown underparts.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Venezuela
Antpitta,_Thrush-like Myrmothera campanisona Found: South America
The Thrush-like Antpitta has brown upperparts; streaked paler underparts; pale mark behind eye.
Image by: 1) Philip Stouffer - Brazil