Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Dutch | Bergmierpitta |
English | Tawny Antpitta |
English (United States) | Tawny Antpitta |
French | Grallaire de Quito |
French (French Guiana) | Grallaire de Quito |
German | Grauwangen-Ameisenpitta |
Japanese | オリーブジアリドリ |
Norwegian | okermaurpitta |
Polish | kusaczka płowa |
Russian | Горная питтовая муравьеловка |
Serbian | Žućkasta mravlja pita |
Slovak | húštinár olivový |
Spanish | Tororoí Leonado |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Gralaria Leonada (Tororoi Leonado) |
Spanish (Peru) | Tororoi Leonado |
Spanish (Spain) | Tororoí leonado |
Swedish | ockramyrpitta |
Turkish | Toprak Rengi Yerçavuşu |
Ukrainian | Мурашниця гірська |
Revision Notes
Harold F. Greeney revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Guy M. Kirwan contributed to the Systematics page. Andrew J. Spencer contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page. Arnau Bonan Barfull and Harold F. Greeney curated the media. JoAnn Hackos, Robin K. Murie, and Daphne R. Walmer copyedited the account.
Grallaria quitensis Lesson, 1844
PROTONYM:
Grallaria quitensis
Lesson, 1844. Echo Monde Savant (2), 11 no.49, col.848.
TYPE LOCALITY:
vicinity of Quito, Ecuador.
Definitions
- GRALLARIA
- grallaria
- quitensis
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
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●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
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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)
SPECIES
Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis Scientific name definitions
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