Grallaria
Sign in to saveGrallaria is a large genus of Neotropical birds in the antpitta family Grallariidae.
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Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyGrallariidae
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Grallaria is a large genus of Neotropical birds in the antpitta family Grallariidae.
==Taxonomy== The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the variegated antpitta (Grallaria varia) as the type species. The genus name is from Neo-Latin grallarius meaning "stilt-walker".