Grallaricula

Grallaricula
Ochre-breasted antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Grallariidae
Genus:	Grallaricula P.L. Sclater, 1858
Type species
Grallaria flavirostris [1] Sclater, 1858
Species
10, see text

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. ^[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]

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

References

1. "Grallariidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Sclater, Philip Lutley (1858). "Synopsis of the American ant-birds (Formicaridae)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 272-289 [283].
3. Sclater, P.L. (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Tracheophonae, or the families Dendeocolaptidae, Forillcariidae, Conopophagidae, and Pteroptochidae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 15. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 325.
4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 257.
5. Jobling, James A. "Grallaricula". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
6. Jobling, James A. "Grallaria". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
7. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 October 2025.