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

47, see text.

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

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis 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 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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