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Alternative names: Fenwick's Antpitta; Antioquia Antpitta
Photo by Robert Giles
Colibrí del Sol, Páramo de Frontino, northwest Antioquía, Colombia, January 2013
Colibrí del Sol, Páramo de Frontino, northwest Antioquía, Colombia, January 2013
- Grallaria urraoensis
Identification
Distribution
South America: Endemic to a small part of Western Andes of northern Colombia (Antioquia).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
A second description of this species exists using the name Grallaria fenwickorum. The history of the discovery of this species is rather controversial. The Opus strictly follows the World Lists in naming species.
Habitat
Upper montane cloud forest and páramo.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Birdforum thread discussing the naming of this species.
- Birdforum thread discussing the controversy about the two descriptions.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Urrao Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Urrao_Antpitta
