Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Cundinamarca Antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri) and its song. Recorded at Reserva Natural Refugio del Tororoi, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
The Cundinamarca Antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri) was discovered on October 16, 1989, by American diplomat and amateur ornithologist Peter Kaestner. He found the bird while exploring a new road above Monterredondo in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, after hearing an unfamiliar song and luring the bird into view.
The Cundinamarca Antpitta population, numbering anywhere from 330 to 800 individuals, is small, and so is the range of the antpitta’s habitat. In the time since Peter Kaestner’s first observation of the Cundinamarca Antpitta in 1989, the bird’s habitat has undergone a transformation as deforestation reshapes the densely forested landscape. Initially listed as Vulnerable, the Cundinamarca Antpitta today is considered Endangered. In 2023, a 446-acre (180.52 hectare) area was created to protect this antpitta species: the Reserva Natural Refugio del Tororoi (Tororoi is antpitta in Spanish).
Guide: Fernando Guarin and Yersson Herrera. Sound recording of the Antpitta by Peter Boesman on Xeno Canto (XC274829)
Cundinamarca Antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri) and its song. Recorded at Reserva Natural Refugio del Tororoi, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
The Cundinamarca Antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri) was discovered on October 16, 1989, by American diplomat and amateur ornithologist Peter Kaestner. He found the bird while exploring a new road above Monterredondo in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, after hearing an unfamiliar song and luring the bird into view.
The Cundinamarca Antpitta population, numbering anywhere from 330 to 800 individuals, is small, and so is the range of the antpitta’s habitat. In the time since Peter Kaestner’s first observation of the Cundinamarca Antpitta in 1989, the bird’s habitat has undergone a transformation as deforestation reshapes the densely forested landscape. Initially listed as Vulnerable, the Cundinamarca Antpitta today is considered Endangered. In 2023, a 446-acre (180.52 hectare) area was created to protect this antpitta species: the Reserva Natural Refugio del Tororoi (Tororoi is antpitta in Spanish).
Guide: Fernando Guarin and Yersson Herrera. Sound recording of the Antpitta by Peter Boesman on Xeno Canto (XC274829)
