Sunday, March 24, 2013

>Grallaria guatimalensis (Scaled Antpitta)

Scaled Antpitta


Scaled Antpitta
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Grallariidae (disputed)
Genus:Grallaria
Species:G. guatimalensis
Binomial name
Grallaria guatimalensis
Prévost & Des Murs, 1842
The Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis) is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Grallariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana,Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.


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