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Santa Marta Antpitta [endemic]
Santa Marta Antpitta has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Vulnerable www.iucnredlist.org/species/22703271/93914023
The Santa Marta Antpitta is, as the common name suggests, endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. Antpittas are normally highly secretive, but a number of places in their South American range are now known for the opportunity to sight these reclusive birds thanks to patient feeding programs. Such was the case here, where a ranger at a forestry station on San Lorenzo Ridge put out food to entice the bird briefly into the open for viewing by some grateful visitors. The second part of the scientific name of this species honours Richard Bangs, a zoologist from the USA who did pioneering field work in the Santa Marta region in the late 1800s.
Santa Marta Antpitta [endemic]
Santa Marta Antpitta has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Vulnerable www.iucnredlist.org/species/22703271/93914023
The Santa Marta Antpitta is, as the common name suggests, endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. Antpittas are normally highly secretive, but a number of places in their South American range are now known for the opportunity to sight these reclusive birds thanks to patient feeding programs. Such was the case here, where a ranger at a forestry station on San Lorenzo Ridge put out food to entice the bird briefly into the open for viewing by some grateful visitors. The second part of the scientific name of this species honours Richard Bangs, a zoologist from the USA who did pioneering field work in the Santa Marta region in the late 1800s.