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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bolivia]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].  
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]].
 
 
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This taxon almost certainly contains more than one species.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 7 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''G. r. spatiator'':
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*''G. r. saltuensis'':
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*''G. r. rufula'':
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:*Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela (Táchira) and [[Ecuador]]
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*''G. r. cajamarcae'':
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:*Andes of northern [[Peru]] (Cajamarca)
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*''G. r. obscura'':
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*''G. r. occabambae'':
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*''G. r. cochabambae'':
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#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2187738 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of this complex
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2187738 Birdforum thread] discussing the taxonomy of this complex
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{{GSearch|Grallaria+rufula}}
 
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Photo by megan perkins
Yanacocha, Ecuador, November 2012
Grallaria rufula

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies[1]:

  • G. r. spatiator:
  • Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
  • G. r. saltuensis:
  • Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)
  • G. r. rufula:
  • Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela (Táchira) and Ecuador
  • G. r. cajamarcae:
  • Andes of northern Peru (Cajamarca)
  • G. r. obscura:
  • Andes of central Peru (Huánuco and Junín)
  • G. r. occabambae:
  • Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cusco)
  • G. r. cochabambae:
  • Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

Habitat

Moist montane forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. 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
  2. Avibase
  3. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this complex

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External Links

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