Great Antpitta

Here the details of the Great Antpitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Grallaria excelsa
Protonym:  Grallaria excelsa Orn.Monatsb. 1 p.11
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Grallaria
Taxonomy Code:  greant2
Type Locality:  Montana Aricagua, Andes of Merida, Venezuela.
Author:  von Berlepsch
Publish Year:  1893
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

GRALLARIA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Variegated Antpitta G. varia) Mod. L. grallarius  stilt-walker  < L. grallae  stilts  < obsolete gradula  little step  < dim. gradus  step; "GRALLARIE, Grallaria.  Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec droit, un peu fort, épais, convexe en dessus, à dos caréné, comprimé par les côtés; mandibule supérieure échancrée et courbée à la pointe. — Jambes demi-nues. — Queue courte.   Esp. Roi des Fourmilliers, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Grallaria Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, Roi des Fourmilliers, Buffon = Formicarius varius Boddaert." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 262).
Synon. Agaura, Chamaebates, Colobathris, Hypsibemon, Myiotrichas, Myioturdus, Oropezus.

grallaria
Mod. L. grallarius  stilt-walker  < L. grallae  stilts  < obsolete gradula  little step  < dim. gradus  step.

excelsa
L. excelsus  distinguished, lofty, eminent  < ex  from; celsus  lofty, eminent  < obsolescent cellere  to elevate.

SUBSPECIES

Great Antpitta (excelsa)
SCI Name: Grallaria excelsa excelsa
excelsa
L. excelsus  distinguished, lofty, eminent  < ex  from; celsus  lofty, eminent  < obsolescent cellere  to elevate.

Great Antpitta (phelpsi)
SCI Name: Grallaria excelsa phelpsi
phelpsi
William Henry Phelps, Sr. (1875-1965) US/Venezuelan entrepreneur, business magnate, ornithologist, collector, founder of Colección Ornitológica Phelps, Caracas (subsp. Asthenes wyatti, syn. Atlapetes nigrifrons, subsp. Grallaria excelsa, subsp. Oxyruncus cristatus, subsp. Rallus longirostris, syn. Sittasomus griseicapillus griseus, Streptoprocne, subsp. Tangara xanthogastra, subsp. Xenops rutilus).