Maria, the first Antpitta trained to come for worms. Now I know of three other locations that have accomplished the same feat.
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Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
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f/8
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sRGB
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-0.33 EV
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Aperture Priority
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No Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
640
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Partial
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1/4 sec
Date/Time
Thu 03 Mar 2005 10:01:29 PM EST
Image Type
Canon EOS 5D
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72 dots per ResolutionUnit
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Normal
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Unknown
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0/100 m
English Giant Antpitta
Scientific (Grallaria gigantea hylodroma)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Grallariidae
Family (English) Antpittas
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions SA
Breeding Range Subregions sw Colombia and n Ecuador
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
lehmanni sw Colombia
hylodroma extreme sw Colombia and w Ecuador
gigantea e Ecuador
IUCN Status Code VU (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Lawrence, 1866
German Riesenameisenpitta
French Grallaire géante
Chinese 巨蚁鸫
Japanese オニジアリドリ
Russian Гигантская граллярия
Spanish Tororoí gigante
Portuguese torom-gigante
Bird Data App text A huge Antpitta found in Ecuador, and allegedly south Colombia as well, although most records are older.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)