Rufous-breasted antpitta
The rufous-breasted antpitta or leymebamba antpitta (Grallaricula leymebambae) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It was first described by American ornithologist and entomologist Melbourne Armstrong Carriker. It is found in Peru and western Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest. It has been recently considered a subspecies of Grallaricula ferrugineipectus.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Grallaricula |
| Species: | G. leymebambae |
| Binomial name | |
| Grallaricula leymebambae Carriker, 1933 | |
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References
- BirdLife International. 2016. Grallaricula leymebambae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103660917A104037678. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103660917A104037678.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2019.
- Van Doren, Benjamin M.; Freeman, Benjamin G.; Aristizabal, Natalia; Alvarez-R, Mauricio; Pérez-Emán, Jorge; Cuervo, Andrés M.; Bravo, Gustavo A. (2018-03-01). "Species limits in the Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus) complex". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 130 (1): 152. doi:10.1676/16-126.1. ISSN 1559-4491.
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