Order
Passeriformes
Family
Grallariidae
Genus
Grallaria
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.

Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis

Harold F. Greeney
Version: 1.0 — Published September 25, 2015

References

Introduction

BirdLife International. 2015. Species factsheet: Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 18 September 2015.

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Dobbs, R.C., P.R. Martin, C. Batista, H. Montag, and H.F. Greeney. 2003. Notes on egg-laying, incubation, and nestling care in the Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis. Cotinga 19: 65-70.

Fjeldså, J., and N. Krabbe. 1990. Birds of the high Andes: a manual to the birds of the temperate zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Greeney, H.F. 2004. Breeding behavior of the Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis). Ornitología Neotropical 15: 349-356.

Greeney, H.F., and R.A. Gelis. 2005. A nest of Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula depredated by a Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa. Cotinga 24: 110-111.

Greeney, H.F., and I. Harms. 2008. Behavior of the Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) in northern Ecuador. Ornitología Neotropical 19: 143-147.

Greeney, H. F., and P.R. Martin. 2005. High in the Ecuadorian Andes: the nest and eggs of the Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis). Ornitología Neotropical 16: 567-571.

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Recommended Citation

Greeney, H. F. (2015). Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.tawant1.01
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