Rusty-breasted Antpitta

SCI Name:  Grallaricula ferrugineipectus
Protonym:  Grallaria ferrugineipectus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.335 p.129
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaricula
Taxonomy Code:  rubant5
Type Locality:  near Caracas, Venezuela.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1857
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GRALLARICULA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Ochre-breasted Antpitta G. flavirostris) Dim. < genus Grallaria Vieillot, 1816, antpitta; "Genus IX. GRALLARICULA.   Rostrum breve, basi dilatata, rictu parum setoso: alæ breves rotundatæ: cauda brevis: pedes debiles: tarsi graciles, breviusculi; acrotarsiis divisis, paratarsiis integris, unguibus brevibus.   These birds are diminutive Grallariæ, but distinguished by their shorter, feebler bill, the indications of rictal bristles, and short slender tarsi and toes. They appear to form a  transition between Grallaria and Conopophaga. The woodcut represents (fig. 2) the tarsus of Grallaricula flavirostris, which may be contrasted with that of Conopophaga lineata (fig. 3) and Grallaria rufula (fig. 1).   1. GRALLARICULA FLAVIROSTRIS. Grallaria flavirostris, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1858, p. 68.   ...   2. GRALLARICULA LORICATA. Grallaria loricata, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1857, p. 129.   ...   3. GRALLARICULA FERRUGINEIPECTUS. Grallaria ferrugineipectus, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1857, p. 129.   ...   GRALLARICULA NANA. Grallaria nana, Lafr. R.Z. 1842, p. 334." (P. Sclater 1858); "Grallaricula Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 26, 1858, p. 283. Type, by subsequent designation, Grallaria flavirostris Sclater (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 325)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 257). These small birds could be placed in Conopophagidae, near Pittasoma.
Synon. Apocryptornis.

ferrugineipectus
L. ferrugineus  rusty  < ferrugo, ferruginis  iron rust  < ferrum  iron; pectus, pectoris  breast.

SUBSPECIES

Rusty-breasted Antpitta (rara)
SCI Name: Grallaricula ferrugineipectus rara
rara
● L. rarus  rare, infrequent (Bostrychia, syn. Dendroica cerulea, Lagonosticta, subsp. Phalaenopsis griseiceps).
● Chilean onomatopoeic name Rara for the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma).

Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Rusty-breasted)
SCI Name: Grallaricula ferrugineipectus ferrugineipectus
ferrugineipectus
L. ferrugineus  rusty  < ferrugo, ferruginis  iron rust  < ferrum  iron; pectus, pectoris  breast.