Grallaria Griseonucha Bird

English Name:  Gray-naped Antpitta
Latin Name:  Grallaria griseonucha
Protonym:  Grallaria griseonucha Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1870) (1870), Pt3 p.786
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code:  gynant1
Type Locality:  Paramo de Culata, Andes of Merida, Venezuela.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1871
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

griseonucha / griseonuchus
Med. L. griseum  grey; nuchus  nape  < Arabic nukhā'  spinal marrow.

SUBSPECIES

Gray-naped Antpitta (tachirae)
Latin Name: Grallaria griseonucha tachirae
tachirae / tachirensis
Táchira, Venezuela.

Gray-naped Antpitta (griseonucha)
Latin Name: Grallaria griseonucha griseonucha
griseonucha / griseonuchus
Med. L. griseum  grey; nuchus  nape  < Arabic nukhā'  spinal marrow.