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".
Species The genus contains the following 47 species
Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Undulated antpitta Grallaria squamigera northern Andes Giant antpitta Grallaria gigantea northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador - Great antpitta Grallaria excelsa mountains of northwestern Venezuela Variegated antpitta Grallaria varia Amazonia and Atlantic Forest Scaled antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis Central America and northwestern South America Moustached antpitta Grallaria alleni northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador - Tachira antpitta Grallaria chthonia Venezuelan Andes montane forests Plain-backed antpitta Grallaria haplonota northern Andes and Venezuelan Coastal Range Ochre-striped antpitta Grallaria dignissima north of the Marañón River - Elusive antpitta Grallaria eludens western Amazonia Santa Marta antpitta Grallaria bangsi Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Chestnut-crowned antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla northern Andes Cundinamarca antpitta Grallaria kaestneri Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) Watkins's antpitta Grallaria watkinsi Tumbes Stripe-headed antpitta Grallaria andicolus Peruvian Andes Chestnut-naped antpitta Grallaria nuchalis northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador Jocotoco antpitta Grallaria ridgelyi Chinchipe River and Cordillera del Cóndor Pale-billed antpitta Grallaria carrikeri Andes of northern Peru Yellow-breasted antpitta Grallaria flavotincta northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador White-bellied antpitta Grallaria hypoleuca northern Andes Rusty-tinged antpitta Grallaria przewalskii Andes of northern Peru Bay antpitta Grallaria capitalis Andes of central Peru Red-and-white antpitta Grallaria erythroleuca Andes of southern Peru White-throated antpitta Grallaria albigula Yungas and southern Andean Yungas - Grey-naped antpitta Grallaria griseonucha Venezuelan Andes montane forests Perija antpitta Grallaria saltuensis Serranía del Perijá Sierra Nevada antpitta Grallaria spatiator Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Muisca antpitta Grallaria rufula Andes of eastern Colombia and western Venezuela Bicolored antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea Cauca and upper Magdalena valley Chami antpitta Grallaria alvarezi west of the Cauca River Equatorial antpitta Grallaria saturata east of the Cauca River, lower Magdalena valley and Ecuador - Cajamarca antpitta Grallaria cajamarcae west of the Huancabamba and upper Marañón river Chachapoyas antpitta Grallaria graves south of Marañón and north of Huallaga river Panao antpitta Grallaria oneilli south of Huallaga and north of Perené river Junin antpitta Grallaria obscura between the rio Perené, Ene and Apurímac Urubamba antpitta Grallaria occabambae Yanatili river Puno antpitta Grallaria sinaensis south of Sandia river (Peru) and north of Constanta river (Bolivia) - Bolivian antpitta Grallaria cochabambae Bolivian Andes Chestnut antpitta Grallaria blakei Cordillera Oriental (Peru) Oxapampa antpitta Grallaria centralis from the Huallaga to the Mantaro river Ayacucho antpitta Grallaria ayacuchensis between the rio Mantaro, Pampa and Apurímac Rufous-faced antpitta Grallaria erythrotis Yungas and Bolivian Andes Tawny antpitta Grallaria quitensis northern Andes Boyaca antpitta Grallaria alticola Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) Atuen antpitta Grallaria atuensis northern Cordillera Oriental (Peru) Brown-banded antpitta Grallaria milleri Cordillera Central (Colombia) Urrao antpitta Grallaria urraoensis Páramo del Sol, Colombia
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