Grallaricula


Grallaricula is a genus of bird in the antpitta family Grallariidae.

Taxonomy

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. In 1890 Sclater designated the type as Grallaria flavirostris Sclater, the ochre-breasted antpitta. The word Grallaricula is a diminutive of the genus name Grallaria that had been introduced in 1816 by Louis Pierre Vieillot for the antpittas. The word Grallaria is Modern Latin meaning "stilt-walker".
The genus contains the following ten species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Ochre-breasted antpittaGrallaricula flavirostrisTalamancan montane forests and northern Andes
Rusty-breasted antpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusnorthern Andes
Rufous-breasted antpittaGrallaricula leymebambaenorthern Andes of Peru and Bolivia
-Scallop-breasted antpittaGrallaricula loricataVenezuelan Coastal Range
-Hooded antpittaGrallaricula cucullataColombian Andes
-Peruvian antpittaGrallaricula peruvianaCordillera [Real (Ecuador)] and northern Peru
Ochre-fronted antpittaGrallaricula ochraceifronsAndes of northern Peru
Slaty-crowned antpittaGrallaricula nananorthern Andes and eastern tepuis
Crescent-faced antpittaGrallaricula lineifronsCordillera Real
-Sucre antpittaGrallaricula cumanensisParia Peninsula in northern Venezuela