Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | xanca de Miller |
| Dutch | Caldasmierpitta |
| English | Brown-banded Antpitta |
| English (United States) | Brown-banded Antpitta |
| French | Grallaire ceinturée |
| French (France) | Grallaire ceinturée |
| German | Brustband-Ameisenpitta |
| Japanese | チャオビジアリドリ |
| Norwegian | umbramaurpitta |
| Polish | kusaczka brązowa |
| Russian | Бурая питтовая муравьеловка |
| Serbian | Milerova mravlja pita |
| Slovak | húštinár bronzový |
| Spanish | Tororoí Bandeado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tororoí bandeado |
| Swedish | brunbandad myrpitta |
| Turkish | Boz Kuşaklı Yerçavuşu |
| Ukrainian | Мурашниця колумбійська |
Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri
Version: 1.0 — Published August 30, 2013
Systematics
Geographic Variation
Monotypic. Until further evidence presents itself, like Sclater (1890), I consider the recently described subspecies of Brown-banded Antptitta (Grallaria milleri gilesi; Salaman et al. 2009), which is known from a single specimen, to be a juvenile individual of milleri which is in the very final stages of losing its juvenile plumage.
Subspecies
Related Species
Described as Grallaria milleri Chapman 1912; type locality "Laguneta, alt. 10,300 ft.[1140 m], Central Andes, near Quindio Pass, Cauca, Colombia" (Chapman 1912: 147).
This species is named in honor of Leo E. Miller.
The relationships of Grallaria milleri to other members of the genus are unresolved. Recent phylogenetic analyses of Grallaria, based on DNA sequence data, are incomplete and do not include Brown-banded Antpitta (Krabbe et al. 1999, Rice 2005).
Based on general plumage and morphological characteristics, Brown-banded Antpitta falls within the subgenus Oropezus (Ridgway 1909, Lowery and O’Neill 1969). This group contains G. rufocinerea (Bicolored Antpitta), G. nuchalis (Chestnut-naped Antpitta), G. albigula (White-throated Antpitta), G. erythroleuca (Red-and-white Antpitta), G. hypoleuca (White-bellied Antpitta), G. flavotincta (Yellow-breasted Antpitta), G. przewalskii (Rusty-tinged Antpitta), G. capitalis (Bay Antpitta), G. griseonucha (Gray-naped Antpitta), G. rufula (Rufous Antpitta), G. quitensis (Tawny Antpitta), and G. erythrotis (Rufous-faced Antpitta). Chapman (1912, 1917) considered milleri to be sister to G. erythrotis.
