Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Great Antpitta (Grallaria excelsa) - HBW 8, p. 713
French: Grande Grallaire
German: Fahlbauch-Ameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí Excelso
Taxonomy: Grallaria excelsa Berlepsch, 1893, Montaña Aricagua, Andes of Mérida, Venezuela.
Forms a superspecies with G. gigantea. Possibly conspecific, or, alternatively, race lehmanni of latter should perhaps be placed with present species; further study required. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- excelsa Berlepsch, 1893 - Perijá Mts in W Venezuela, possibly extending into adjacent Colombia, also Andes from Lara S to Táchira.
- phelpsi Gilliard, 1939 - coastal mountains of Venezuela in Aragua (Colonia Tovar).
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An individual singing and looking down Locality El Blanquito Lagoon, Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela (ssp phelpsi)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 5 years ago 52 sec 3.5 -
A bird singing, seen from below Locality El Blanquito Lagoon, Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela (ssp phelpsi)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 5 years ago 29 sec 3.4
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An individual singing (bad weather). Locality El Blanquito Lagoon, Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela
(ssp phelpsi)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 May 2003 22 weeks ago 4
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