Chestnut-crowned Antpitta

SCI Name:  Grallaria ruficapilla
Protonym:  Grallaria Ruficapilla Rev.Zool. 5 p.333
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code:  chcant2
Type Locality:  'Habitat in Bolivia, Santa Fe de Bogota'' = Colombia.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1842
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.

ruficapilla / ruficapillum / ruficapillus
L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.
● ex “Tutu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 52, and “Motmot Oranroux” of Levaillant 1806 < French orange orange; roux red (Baryphthengus).
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (syn. Cisticola fulvicapillus).
● ex “Ficedula martinicana” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à tête rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bloody-side Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Tachurí corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 164 (syn. Euscarthmus meloryphus).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).
● ex “Guêpier Rousse Tête” or “Guêpier Bonelli” of Levaillant 1814, pl. 19 (syn. Merops superciliosus).
● ex “Ortolan de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 158, fig. 1 (syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (ruficapilla)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla ruficapilla
ruficapilla / ruficapillum / ruficapillus
L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.
● ex “Tutu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 52, and “Motmot Oranroux” of Levaillant 1806 < French orange orange; roux red (Baryphthengus).
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (syn. Cisticola fulvicapillus).
● ex “Ficedula martinicana” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à tête rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bloody-side Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Tachurí corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 164 (syn. Euscarthmus meloryphus).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).
● ex “Guêpier Rousse Tête” or “Guêpier Bonelli” of Levaillant 1814, pl. 19 (syn. Merops superciliosus).
● ex “Ortolan de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 158, fig. 1 (syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (perijana)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla perijana
perijana / perijanus
Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela.

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (avilae)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla avilae
avilae
Cerro del Ávila, northern Venezuela.

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (nigrolineata)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla nigrolineata
nigrolineata / nigrolineatum
L. niger  black; lineatus  lined, marked with lines  < linea  line  < linum  thread  < Gr. λινον linon  flax, thread.

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (connectens)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla connectens
connectans / connectens
L. connectens  joined, connected, united  < connectere  to unite.

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (albiloris)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla albiloris
albilora / albiloris
L. albus  white; Mod. L. loris  lores  < lorum  lore  < L. lorum, lori  bridle.

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (interior)
SCI Name: Grallaria ruficapilla interior
interior / interioris
L. interior, interioris  interior, inner, remote (cf. interiores  they who live farther inland, living in the interior|).