Identificaciones de grallarinima

“Egg on Legs” and cute as a button.

Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) is a rare, high-elevation, perching bird in the Antpittas (Grallariidae) family that looks like an "egg on legs." It is 12 cm (less than 5 inches) long with virtually no tail. It has a bold white-turning-to-pale yellow facial crescent under the large dark eye and heavily streaked underparts all the way to the tail. It is found in wet, mossy undergrowth at elevation 2800-3700m high in the Andes.

Birds of Colombia, by Steven L. Hilty, March, 2021 (excellent color illustrations, species distribution maps, QR codes), p. 299.

Ebird checklist (#12 in list): https://ebird.org/checklist/S191402450

Many confirmed observations of Crescent-faced Antpitta at this location: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45015590

Crescent-faced Antpitta "is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss and land fragmentation. It is one of the most strikingly plumaged members of the genus, perhaps even of the entire Grallariidae family. There is no recorded geographic variation within the limited range of this species. Adults are dark brown above with a slate-gray crown and nape, a bold white crescent in front of the eye, and densely streaked buff to whitish underparts. Almost nothing is known of the biology of this species, which currently is considered Near Threatened due to ongoing habitat fragmentation. Although the type specimen was collected in northeastern Ecuador in 1923, the Crescent-faced Antpitta remained unknown in life until nearly 50 years later. Today, based on regular reports and sightings by tourists and researchers, it is known to be more widespread than was previously thought, inhabiting the undergrowth of humid forests at elevations around 3,000 m. Its known distribution is nevertheless somewhat patchy, extending from southern Colombia to southern Ecuador along the eastern slope of the Andes. Only recently, 90 years after its formal description, was breeding of the Crescent-faced Antpitta reported in the literature, based on a single nest found very close to the type locality in northeastern Ecuador."

The Cornell Lab: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/crfant1/cur/introduction

Irene's Antpittas (Grallariidae) family observations on INaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=200969&user_id=aparrot1

Irene's Ebird Profile: https://ebird.org/profile/MTIwNjIzMg and my worldwide checklists: https://ebird.org/mychecklists

Irene's (aparrot1) Profile Page on INaturalist listing Nature Resources (includes online references with links) for Plants, Birds, Fungi, Lepidoptera, Arachnids, Reptiles, Amphibians, Marine Life, Plant Galls, and more: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3188668