Watkins's antpitta
Species of bird
Watkins's antpitta[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[2] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Grallariidae |
Genus: | Grallaria |
Species: | G. watkinsi |
Binomial name | |
Grallaria watkinsi Chapman, 1919 | |
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Watkins's antpitta (Grallaria watkinsi) or the scrub antpitta, is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English collector Henry George Watkins, who collected in Peru.[3]
References
- ^ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Grallaria watkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703277A93914465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703277A93914465.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 360.
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