Watkins's antpitta

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Watkins's antpitta[1]
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Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Grallariidae
Genus: Grallaria
Species:
G. watkinsi
Binomial name
Grallaria watkinsi
Chapman, 1919
Grallaria watkinsi map.svg

Watkins's antpitta (Grallaria watkinsi) or scrub antpitta, is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English collector Henry George Watkins, who collected in Peru.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009
  2. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Grallaria watkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703277A93914465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703277A93914465.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 360.


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