Giant Antpitta
Giant Antpitta
Here the details of the Giant Antpitta named bird below:
SCI Name:
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).
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)