Giant Antpitta

SCI Name:  Grallaria gigantea
Protonym:  Grallaria gigantea Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8(1867) p.345
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code:  giaant1
Type Locality:  Ecuador.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1866
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

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.

gigantea / giganteus
L. giganteus  gigantic, of the giants  < gigas, gigantis  giant  < Gr. γιγας gigas, γιγαντος gigantos  giant.
● ex “Coucal Géant” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 223 (syn. Centropus phasianinus).
● ex “Touraco Géant” of Levaillant 1806 (syn. Corythaeola cristata).
● ex Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773, and “Sibirian Crane” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Grus leucogeranus).
● ex “Gigantic Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Leptoptilos dubius).
● ex “Ossifraga” of de Ulloa 1748, “Quebrantahuessos Mouton” of Pernety 1769, “Quebrantahuessos” of de Buffon 1770-1783, de Bougainville 1771, Cook 1777, and Forster 1777, “Osprey Petrel” of Forster 1778, and “Giant Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Macronectes).

SUBSPECIES

Giant Antpitta (lehmanni)
SCI Name: Grallaria gigantea lehmanni
lehmanni
● Prof. Federico Carlos Lehmann Valencia (1914-1974) Colombian ornithologist, herpetologist, conservationist, collector (cf. Karl Friedrich Lehmann (1850-1903) German Consul at Popayan, Colombia, collector in Colombia and Ecuador) (subsp. Eupsittula pertinax, ‡subsp. Grallaria gigantea, subsp. Hemitriccus granadensis).
● Joseph Lehmann (fl. 1930) collector in South Africa 1930 (syn. Pternistis castaneiventer).

Giant Antpitta (hylodroma)
SCI Name: Grallaria gigantea hylodroma
hylodroma / hylodromus
Gr. ὑλοδρομος hulodromos  wood-ranging  < ὑλη hulē  wood; -δρομος -dromos  -running  < τρεχω trekhō  to run.

Giant Antpitta (gigantea)
SCI Name: Grallaria gigantea gigantea
gigantea / giganteus
L. giganteus  gigantic, of the giants  < gigas, gigantis  giant  < Gr. γιγας gigas, γιγαντος gigantos  giant.
● ex “Coucal Géant” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 223 (syn. Centropus phasianinus).
● ex “Touraco Géant” of Levaillant 1806 (syn. Corythaeola cristata).
● ex Grus leucogeranus Pallas, 1773, and “Sibirian Crane” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Grus leucogeranus).
● ex “Gigantic Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Leptoptilos dubius).
● ex “Ossifraga” of de Ulloa 1748, “Quebrantahuessos Mouton” of Pernety 1769, “Quebrantahuessos” of de Buffon 1770-1783, de Bougainville 1771, Cook 1777, and Forster 1777, “Osprey Petrel” of Forster 1778, and “Giant Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Macronectes).