Grallaria

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Grallaria
Grallaria ruficapilla -near Manizales, Caldas, Colombia-8.jpg
Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Grallariidae
Genus: Grallaria
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Grallaria varia
Vieillot, 1816
Species

48, see text.

Grallaria is a large genus of Neotropical birds in the antpitta family Grallariidae.

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 45 species[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 43.
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 262. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ 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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