Rufous Antpitta

SCI Name:  Grallaria rufula
Protonym:  Grallaria rufula Rev.Zool. 6 p.99
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code:  rufant1
Type Locality:  Colombia = Bogota.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  

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.

rufula
L. rufulus reddish < rufus rufous.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous Antpitta (Sierra Nevada)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula spatiator
spatiator
L. spatiator, spatiatoris  promenader, walker  < spatiari  to walk about  < spatium  open space, promenade.

Rufous Antpitta (Perija)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula saltuensis
saltuensis
L. saltus  glade, woodland-pasture.

Rufous Antpitta (Rufous)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula rufula
rufula
L. rufulus reddish < rufus rufous.

Rufous Antpitta (Cajamarca)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula cajamarcae
cajamarcae
Cajamarca, Peru.

Rufous Antpitta (North Peruvian)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula obscura
obscura
L. obscurus  dark, dusky, covered, obscure.
● ex “Dusky Duck” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Anas rubripes).
● ex “Brown Tern” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Yacúhú” of de Azara 1802-1805, No. 335: “Yacús  ...  Asi llaman los Güaranís á tres páxaros  ...  á otro llamado Mitú” (Penelope).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Pterodroma alba; unident.).

Rufous Antpitta (South Peruvian)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula occabambae
occabambae
Occabamba Valley, Cuzco, Peru.

Rufous Antpitta (Bolivian)
SCI Name: Grallaria rufula cochabambae
cochabambae
Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia (named after an indigenous people, the Kochapampa, a tribe of the Aymaras).