Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla) - HBW 8, p. 726

French: Grallaire à tête rousse German: Rostkappen-Ameisenpitta Spanish: Tororoí Compadre

Taxonomy: Grallaria Ruficapilla Lafresnaye, 1842, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia.
Was long considered conspecific with G. watkinsi, but distinct differences in voice, plumage and bare-part colours, and habitat; also, no intermediate specimens or songs known from area of range overlap in SW Ecuador. Racial affiliation of birds from Cerro Chinguela, in N Peru, uncertain; tentatively included in nominate race. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

perijana Phelps, Sr. & Gilliard, 1940 - Perijá Mts on N Colombia-W Venezuela border.
nigrolineata P. L. Sclater, 1890 - Andes of Venezuela from N Trujillo S to NE Táchira.
avilae Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914 - N Venezuelan Andes (S Lara) and coastal mountains (E to Miranda).

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perijana Phelps, Sr. & Gilliard, 1940 - Perijá Mts on N Colombia-W Venezuela border.
nigrolineata P. L. Sclater, 1890 - Andes of Venezuela from N Trujillo S to NE Táchira.
avilae Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914 - N Venezuelan Andes (S Lara) and coastal mountains (E to Miranda).
ruficapilla Lafresnaye, 1842 - W, C & E Andes of Colombia S to CW & SE Ecuador, probably also including birds from Cerro Chinguela, in N Peru.
connectens Chapman, 1923 - SW Ecuador in El Oro and Loja.
albiloris Taczanowski, 1880 - Pacific slope of NW Peru S to Lambayeque (possibly S to Ancash).
interior J. T. Zimmer, 1934 - W slope of C Andes of Peru in Amazonas and San Martín.