Elusive Antpitta / Grallaria eludens
WBN 
Elusive Antpitta
SCI Name:
Protonym: Grallaria eludens Auk 86 p.3,front.
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code: eluant1
Type Locality:
Author: Lowery & O''Neill
Publish Year: 1969
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GRALLARIA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Variegated Antpitta G. varia) Mod. L. grallarius stilt-walker < L. grallae stilts < obsolete gradula little step < dim. gradus step; "GRALLARIE, Grallaria. Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec droit, un peu fort, épais, convexe en dessus, à dos caréné, comprimé par les côtés; mandibule supérieure échancrée et courbée à la pointe. — Jambes demi-nues. — Queue courte. Esp. Roi des Fourmilliers, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Grallaria Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Roi des Fourmilliers, Buffon = Formicarius varius Boddaert." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 262).
Synon. Agaura, Chamaebates, Colobathris, Hypsibemon, Myiotrichas, Myioturdus, Oropezus.
grallaria
Mod. L. grallarius stilt-walker < L. grallae stilts < obsolete gradula little step < dim. gradus step.
eludens
L. eludens, eludentis evading, mocking, deluding < eludere to mock < ex from; ludere to play.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
