Abstract: The Ochre-breasted Antpitta is distributed locally in the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama and in the Andes from western Colombia to western Bolivia. In Ecuador it is recorded mostly from 800 to 2000 m and is uncommon to locally common in undergrowth of montane forest and foothills on both slopes. Three nests of G. flavirostris, two at 1750 m and a third at 1100 m, were discovered in Sumaco-Galeras National Park, Napo province, Ecuador. Nests were 1-2 m off the ground in the fork of small saplings and were composed of moss on the outside with a small inner cup of dark rootlets. Two nests contained two eggs each that appeared pale reddish brown with dark spotting. The third nest contained two nestlings.  

 Holley, D.R., Lindell, C.A., Roberts, M.A., & L. Biancucci. 2001. First description of the nest, nest site, and eggs of the Ochre-breasted Antpitta. Wilson Bulletin, 113: 435-438.

Maillard Z., O. & C.J. Vogel. 2003. First description of the nest and eggs of the Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris. Ornitologia Neotropical, 14. 

Photographs:

Eggs of G. flavirostris

Egg # H02-14663, 5 December 2002, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Egg # H02-14657, 5 December 2002, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador. Photo by H. F. Greeney.

Complete clutches of G. flavirostris in nest

Nest number H02-14654, 5 December 2002, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Nest number H02-14654, 5 December 2002, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador. Photo by H. F. Greeney.

Nestlings of G. flavirostris

Nestling of Grallaricula flavirostris on the day of hatching. Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Nestling of Grallaricula flavirostris on the day of hatching. Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Nestling of Grallaricula flavirostris on the day of hatching. Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.
One day old nestling of Grallaricula flavirostris, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 11 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	One day old nestling of Grallaricula flavirostris, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 11 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	One day old nestling of Grallaricula flavirostris, Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 11 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.

Additional photographs of G. flavirostris

Nest of G. flavirostris Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador. Photo by H. F. Greeney.		Nest of G. flavirostris Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador. Photo by H. F. Greeney.
Just hatched nestlings of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Hatching nestlings of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Hatching nestlings of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.
One day old nestlings of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 11 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Older nestling of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Younger nestlings of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 4 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.
One day old nestlings of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 11 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Cloaca of just hatched nestling of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 10 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.	Cloaca of one day old nestling of G. flavirostris at Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador, 11 December 2002. Photo by H. F. Greeney.

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