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Ochre-breasted antpitta, Tatama National Park, Colombia One of the highlights of our first day in Tatama National Park. All three of our guides went insane when seeing this bird. Antpittas are known to be elusive and they fail to respond to voice recordings at all when overused. Seeing them requires patience or luck, in our case it was luck.<br /> <br /> I had to push ISO to a crazy value of 20000 as there was almost no light, so the photo is quite noisy. Photo with a bit better light here:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55437/ochre-breasted_antpitta_perched_tatama_national_park.html" title="Ochre-breasted antpitta perched, Tatama National Park"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/55437_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=a9y7E0CNDwOyxqctTMkpEkV3O3w%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Ochre-breasted antpitta perched, Tatama National Park This very elusive antpitta came out into the light for a brief moment. Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Choc&oacute;,Colombia,Colombia Choco &amp; Pacific region,Grallaricula flavirostris,Montezuma,Ochre-breasted antpitta,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatam&aacute; National Park,World" /></a></figure><br /> The Birds of Colombia book makes a nice joke about the patience required to spot antpittas:<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fledder/38220178274/" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/fledder/38220178274/</a> Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Grallaricula flavirostris,Montezuma,Ochre-breasted antpitta,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Ochre-breasted antpitta, Tatama National Park, Colombia

One of the highlights of our first day in Tatama National Park. All three of our guides went insane when seeing this bird. Antpittas are known to be elusive and they fail to respond to voice recordings at all when overused. Seeing them requires patience or luck, in our case it was luck.

I had to push ISO to a crazy value of 20000 as there was almost no light, so the photo is quite noisy. Photo with a bit better light here:

Ochre-breasted antpitta perched, Tatama National Park This very elusive antpitta came out into the light for a brief moment. Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Grallaricula flavirostris,Montezuma,Ochre-breasted antpitta,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World

The Birds of Colombia book makes a nice joke about the patience required to spot antpittas:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fledder/38220178274/

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    Barry
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    Love those antbirds - great shot. I know how hard those kind of birds are to see let alone photograph! Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Thanks, Barry. It simply was luck for us! Posted 7 years ago

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The Ochre-breasted antpitta

The ochre-breasted antpitta is a species of bird placed in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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  • NIKON D850
  • f/7.6
  • 1/50s
  • ISO20000
  • 360mm