Grallaria

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

Grallaria
Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Grallariidae
Genus: Grallaria
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Formicarius varius[1]
Boddaert, 1783
Species

47, 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.[2][3] The genus name is from Neo-Latin grallarius meaning "stilt-walker".[4]

Species

The genus contains the following 47 species[5][6]

References

  1. "Grallariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 43.
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 262.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. 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. S2CID 222829674.


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