Thicket Antpitta

The thicket antpitta (Myrmothera dives) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. == Taxonomy and systematics == The thicket antpitta was originally described in 1865 as Grallaria dives. It was later transferred to genus Hylopezus and still later to Myrmothera. The thicket antpitta was long considered a subspecies of the white-lored antpitta (M. fulviventris); the combined species was called the "fulvous-bellied antpitta". The thicket antpitta has three subspecies, the nominate M. d. dives (Salvin, 1865), M. d. flammulatus (Griscom, 1928), and M. d. barbacoae (Chapman, 1914). == Description == The thicket antpitta is 13 to 16.5 cm (5.1 to 6.5 in) long; four individuals weighed between 38 and 44 g (1.3 and 1.6 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a buff loral patch and buff around their eye. Their crown, nape, and ear coverts are dull slate gray. Their upperparts are dull slate gray that becomes olive by the rump; their back has faint pale buffy streaks. Their uppertail coverts and tail are russet brown. Their wings are mostly dark olive-brown with paler rufescent brown outer webs on the primaries.…