Grallaria

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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

Grallariidae
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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.
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  5. . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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