Grallaricula
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Genus of birds
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| Ochre-breasted antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Grallaricula P.L. Sclater, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Grallaria flavirostris[1] Sclater, 1858 | |
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Grallaricula is a genus of bird in the antpitta family Grallariidae.
The genus Grallaricula was introduced in 1858 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater. He listed several species in the new genus but did not specify the type species.[2] In 1890 Sclater designated the type as Grallaria flavirostris Sclater, the ochre-breasted antpitta.[3][4] The word Grallaricula is a diminutive of the genus name Grallaria that had been introduced in 1816 by Louis Pierre Vieillot for the antpittas.[5] The word Grallaria is Modern Latin meaning "stilt-walker".[6]
The genus contains the following ten species:[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Ochre-breasted antpitta | Grallaricula flavirostris | Talamancan montane forests and northern Andes |
 | Rusty-breasted antpitta | Grallaricula ferrugineipectus | northern Andes |
 | Rufous-breasted antpitta | Grallaricula leymebambae | northern Andes of Peru and Bolivia |
| - | Scallop-breasted antpitta | Grallaricula loricata | Venezuelan Coastal Range |
| - | Hooded antpitta | Grallaricula cucullata | Colombian Andes |
| - | Peruvian antpitta | Grallaricula peruviana | Cordillera Real (Ecuador) and northern Peru |
 | Ochre-fronted antpitta | Grallaricula ochraceifrons | Andes of northern Peru |
_Caldas.jpg) | Slaty-crowned antpitta | Grallaricula nana | northern Andes and eastern tepuis |
_Caldas.jpg) | Crescent-faced antpitta | Grallaricula lineifrons | Cordillera Real (Ecuador) |
| - | Sucre antpitta | Grallaricula cumanensis | Paria Peninsula in northern Venezuela |
| - | Cali antpitta | Grallaricula sp. nov. | Farallones de Cali |
References
- ↑ "Grallariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ↑ Sclater, Philip Lutley (1858). "Synopsis of the American ant-birds (Formicaridae)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 272-289 [283].
- ↑ Sclater, P.L. (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Tracheophonae, or the families Dendeocolaptidae, Forillcariidae, Conopophagidae, and Pteroptochidae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 15. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 325.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 257.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Grallaricula". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. "Grallaria". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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