Grallaria
Grallaria is a large genus of Neotropical birds in the antpitta family Grallariidae.
| Grallaria | |
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| Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Grallaria Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Grallaria varia Vieillot, 1816 | |
| Species | |
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48, see text. | |
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the variegated antpitta (Grallaria varia) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name is from New Latin grallarius meaning "stilt-walker".[3]
Species
The genus contains the following 48 species:[4][5]
- Undulated antpitta, Grallaria squamigera
- Giant antpitta, Grallaria gigantea
- Great antpitta, Grallaria excelsa
- Variegated antpitta, Grallaria varia
- Scaled antpitta, Grallaria guatimalensis
- Moustached antpitta, Grallaria alleni
- Táchira antpitta, Grallaria chthonia
- Plain-backed antpitta, Grallaria haplonota
- Ochre-striped antpitta, Grallaria dignissima
- Elusive antpitta, Grallaria eludens
- Santa Marta antpitta, Grallaria bangsi
- Chestnut-crowned antpitta, Grallaria ruficapilla
- Cundinamarca antpitta, Grallaria kaestneri
- Watkins's antpitta, Grallaria watkinsi
- Stripe-headed antpitta, Grallaria andicolus
- Chestnut-naped antpitta, Grallaria nuchalis
- Jocotoco antpitta, Grallaria ridgelyi
- Pale-billed antpitta, Grallaria carrikeri
- Yellow-breasted antpitta, Grallaria flavotincta
- White-bellied antpitta, Grallaria hypoleuca
- Rusty-tinged antpitta, Grallaria przewalskii
- Bay antpitta, Grallaria capitalis
- Red-and-white antpitta, Grallaria erythroleuca
- White-throated antpitta, Grallaria albigula
- Grey-naped antpitta, Grallaria griseonucha
- Grallaria rufula complex
- Perijá antpitta, Grallaria saltuensis
- Sierra Nevada antpitta Grallaria spatiator
- Muisca antpitta, Grallaria rufula sensu stricto
- Bicolored antpitta, Grallaria rufocinerea
- Chamí antpitta Grallaria alvarezi
- Equatorial antpitta Grallaria saturata
- Cajamarca antpitta Grallaria cajamarcae
- Graves’s antpitta Grallaria gravesi
- O'Neill's antpitta Grallaria oneilli
- Junín antpitta Grallaria obscura
- Urubamba antpitta Grallaria occabambae
- Puno antpitta Grallaria sinaensis
- Bolivian antpitta Grallaria cochabambae
- Grallaria blakei complex
- Chestnut antpitta, Grallaria blakei sensu stricto
- Oxapampa antpitta Grallaria centralis
- Ayacucho antpitta Grallaria ayacuchensis
- Rufous-faced antpitta, Grallaria erythrotis
- Tawny antpitta, Grallaria quitensis
- Brown-banded antpitta, Grallaria milleri
- Fenwick's or Urrao antpitta, Grallaria fenwickorum
References
- Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 43.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 262.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos & crescentchests". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- Isler, Morton L.; Chesser, R. Terry; Robbins, Mark B.; Cuervo, Andrés M.; Cadena, Carlos Daniel; Hosner, Peter A. (2020-07-21). "Taxonomic evaluation of the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Grallariidae) distinguishes sixteen species". Zootaxa. 4817 (1): 1–74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4817.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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