Watkins’s Antpitta / Grallaria watkinsi
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Watkins's Antpitta
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Protonym: Grallaria watkinsi Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 32 p.255
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code: watant1
Type Locality: Milagros, 2200 feet, Piura, Peru.
Author: Chapman
Publish Year: 1919
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
watkinsi
● Henry "Harry" George Watkins (1886-1933) and his brother Cazimir "Charles" Watkins (fl. 1924) English collectors, sometime resident in Peru (subsp. Clibanornis rubiginosus) (Mark Brown in litt.).
● Henry "Harry" George Watkins (1886-1933) English collector resident in Peru 1902-1933 (Grallaria, Incaspiza).
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)
