Ground-antbirds (Formicariidae)
Scaled Antpitta (Grallaria guatimalensis) - HBW 8, p. 715
French: Grallaire écaillée
German: Kleine Bartameisenpitta
Spanish: Tororoí Cholino
Taxonomy: Grallaria guatimalensis Prévost and Des Murs, 1846, Guatemala.
Races carmelitae and sororia only doubtfully distinct from regulus; moreover, distributional limits of the last two in C & S Peru remain to be clarified. Proposed race binfordi from SC Mexico (Mexico, Distrito Federal and Morelos), said to resemble ochraceiventris but with vertical stripes on breast, possibly valid, but its distinction from latter needs further corroboration; birds from N end of range described as race mexicana, but this generally regarded as a synonym of highly variable nominate race. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ochraceiventris Nelson, 1898 - S Mexico from Jalisco E to W Hidalgo and from S Guerrero to S Oaxaca.
- guatimalensis Prévost & Des Murs, 1846 - E & S Mexico (from NW Veracruz and N Oaxaca) SE to N Nicaragua.
- princeps P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869 - Costa Rica S to W Panama (Veraguas).
- ochraceiventris Nelson, 1898 - S Mexico from Jalisco E to W Hidalgo and from S Guerrero to S Oaxaca.
- guatimalensis Prévost & Des Murs, 1846 - E & S Mexico (from NW Veracruz and N Oaxaca) SE to N Nicaragua.
- princeps P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869 - Costa Rica S to W Panama (Veraguas).
- chocoensis Chapman, 1917 - E Panama (E Darién) and NW Colombia (Chocó).
- carmelitae Todd, 1915 - N Colombia in Santa Marta Mts, and Perijá Mts S to N Boyacá.
- aripoensis Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912 - Trinidad.
- regulus P. L. Sclater, 1860 - from N & SW Colombia (in N, on W slope of E Andes in S César), and on Amazonian slope from W Venezuela (Mérida), S to C Peru (in W, S to Cajamarca), including adjacent E lowlands to extreme E Ecuador.
- sororia Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901 - S Peru (from Cuzco) SE to C Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
- roraimae Chubb, 1921 - tepuis of S Venezuela and adjacent N Brazil, and recently recorded in W Guyana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult entering the nest to brood the two chicks Locality Celica, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp regulus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 4 December 2003 5 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
An adult arriving to the nest, feeding two chicks and moving away twice Locality Celica, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp regulus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 4 December 2003 5 years ago 34 sec 3.9 -
An adult leaving the nest when the mate arrives to feed the two chicks and remove a faecal sac Locality Celica, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp regulus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 4 December 2003 5 years ago 23 sec 3.6 -
An adult with two nestlings Locality Celica, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp regulus)
Yanayacu Biological Station 4 December 2003 5 years ago 17 sec 3.4
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Loudsong Locality Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela
Nacho Areta 2 years ago 3
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