Grallaricula

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]

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Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	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
	Slaty-crowned antpitta	Grallaricula nana	northern Andes and eastern tepuis
	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

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