Stripe-headed Antpitta

Stripe-headed Antpitta / Grallaria andicolus

Stripe-headed Antpitta

Here the details of the Stripe-headed Antpitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Grallaria andicolus
Protonym:  Hypsibamon andicolus J.Orn. 21 p.318 pl.4 fig.3
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sthant2
Type Locality:  Maraynioc, Junin, Peru.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1873
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. AgauraChamaebates, Colobathris, Hypsibemon, Myiotrichas, Myioturdus, Oropezus.

grallaria
Mod. L. grallarius  stilt-walker  < L. grallae  stilts  < obsolete gradula  little step  < dim. gradus  step.

andicola / andicolum / andicolus
Mod. L. Andium  Andes; L. -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell.

SUBSPECIES

Stripe-headed Antpitta (andicolus)
SCI Name: Grallaria andicolus andicolus
andicola / andicolum / andicolus
Mod. L. Andium  Andes; L. -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell.

Stripe-headed Antpitta (punensis)
SCI Name: Grallaria andicolus punensis
punensis
● Puno Dept., Peru (Asthenes, Crypturellus, Grallaria).
● Isla Puná, Ecuador (Contopus, syn. Mimus longicaudatus albogriseus, subsp. Speotyto cunicularia).
● Spanish puna (from Quechua), the high bleak Andean plateau above about 10000ft (3000m) (Geositta, Phrygilus).