The brown-banded antpitta, like other antpittas, is a secretive bird with a low population density and high habitat specificity — a nearly flightless, ground-dwelling species found only in the ...

DESCRIPTION: The brown-banded antpitta is approximately 7 inches long from bill to tail. The bird is a uniform dark brown with a dingy white throat and underbelly, forming a broad brown breast-band.

giving the bird a dark bib. Juvenile: brown above like adult, but with pale superciliary line on head, dark malar stripe; brown tail has multiple darker bands, widest band at tip. Underparts are ...