First record of Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis in Belize

Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis is a ground-dwelling invertivore that inhabits a range of forest types from 200 m to 2,800 m elevation in Central and South America6,14. Listed as globally least concern2, it has a large geographic range, recorded from southern Mexico to Bolivia, with a disjunct population in south Venezuela, northern Brazil and western Guyana7. Until now, it has not been reported from Belize3,9,12, with the previous nearest record c. 140 km south at Cerro San Gil, Izabal Department, Guatemala3,8. In this note we present the first record for Belize and briefly discuss possible reasons for this discovery and the species’ potential wider distribution and status in Belize.