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Grallaria

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

Species

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyGrallariidae
Observations859
Observations recorded316,446

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
61
With media
24
Family
Grallariidae
Collections
MZFC-FC-UNAM, ROM, CUMV, UCLA, NHMUK, MCZ
Recorded in
Mexico, French Guiana, United States, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Suriname, Guyana

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Formicariidae
Image
Tawny Antpitta.jpg
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Commons category
Grallaria
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Grallaria
topic's main category
Category:Grallaria
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grallaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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