Great Antpitta / Grallaria excelsa
Great Antpitta
SCI Name:
Protonym: Grallaria excelsa Orn.Monatsb. 1 p.11
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code: greant2
Type Locality: Montana Aricagua, Andes of Merida, Venezuela.
Author: von Berlepsch
Publish Year: 1893
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.
excelsa
L. excelsus distinguished, lofty, eminent < ex from; celsus lofty, eminent < obsolescent cellere to elevate.
SUBSPECIES
Great Antpitta (excelsa)
SCI Name: Grallaria excelsa excelsa
excelsa
L. excelsus distinguished, lofty, eminent < ex from; celsus lofty, eminent < obsolescent cellere to elevate.
Great Antpitta (phelpsi)
SCI Name: Grallaria excelsa phelpsi
phelpsi
William Henry Phelps, Sr. (1875-1965) US/Venezuelan entrepreneur, business magnate, ornithologist, collector, founder of Colección Ornitológica Phelps, Caracas (subsp. Asthenes wyatti, syn. Atlapetes nigrifrons, subsp. Grallaria excelsa, subsp. Oxyruncus cristatus, subsp. Rallus longirostris, syn. Sittasomus griseicapillus griseus, Streptoprocne, subsp. Tangara xanthogastra, subsp. Xenops rutilus).
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)