Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)

Bay Antpitta (Grallaria capitalis) - HBW 8, p. 721

French: Grallaire châtaine German: Rostfarbene Ameisenpitta Spanish: Tororoí Bayo

Taxonomy: Grallaria capitalis Chapman, 1926, Rumicruz, 9700 feet [c. 2960 m], Junín, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with G. erythroleuca, G. przewalskii, G. hypoleuca and G. flavotincta; on different occasions this species variously been treated as a race of one or of other of those species. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Peru in Huánuco, Pasco and Junín.