Nombre en español: Tororoi Medialuna

Nombre en ingles: Crescent-faced Antpitta

Nombre científico: Grallaricula lineifrons

Familia: Grallariidae

El ponchito medialuna,​ tororoi medialuna (en Colombia) o gralarita medialuna (en Ecuador) (Grallaricula lineifrons) es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al género Grallaricula de la familia Grallariidae, anteriormente incluida en la familia Formicariidae.​​ Es nativo de los Andes del sur de Colombia y Ecuador.

Distribución y hábitat

Se distribuye por los Andes centrales del sur de Colombia (este de Cauca) y este de Ecuador (hacia el sur hasta el río Zamora).

Se encuentra en el sotobosque del bosque enano denso de la alta montaña de los Andes, entre los 2900  y 3400 m de altitud. Ha sido encontrado entre vegetación de menos de 3 m de altura, con abundante epitismo.

Descripción

Mide en promedio 11,5 cm de longitud. Cabeza gris pizarra a negruzca con medialunas blancas adelante del ojo que presentan manchas ocráceas abajo y una franja negra entre ellas en la garaganta, una pequeña mancha blanca detrás del ojo, y parches color ocre a ambos lados de la nuca. Dorso marrón oliváceo oscuro; pecho con pintas ante ocráceo y negruzcas, vientre con pintas blancuzcas y negras.

Lugares para verla

Hacienda El Bosque

Crescent-faced antpitta

The crescent-faced antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) is a species of bird in the Grallariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Crescent-faced Antpitta is one of the most strikingly plumaged members of the genus,
perhaps even of the entire family Grallariidae family. There is no recorded geographic variation within the limited range of this species. Adults are dark brown above with a slate-gray crown and nape, a bold white crescent in front of the eye, and densely streaked buff to whitish underparts. Almost nothing is known of the biology of this species, which is currently is considered Near Threatened due to continued habitat fragmentation. Although the type specimen was collected in northeastern
Ecuador in 1923, Crescent-faced Antpitta remained unreported in life until nearly 50 years later. Today, based on regular reports and sighting by tourists and researchers it is known to be more widespread than was previously thought, inhabiting the undergrowth of humid forests at elevations around 3000 m. Its known distribution is somewhat patchy, extending from southern Colombia to southern Ecuador along the east slope of the Andes. Only recently, 90 years after its formal description, was breeding of Crescent-faced Antpitta reported in the literature, based on a single nest found very close to the type locality in northeastern Ecuador.

Fuentes: Wikipedia/eBird/xeno-canto/Neotropical Birds